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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dante and Ari get at a burger joint at the end of Section 6, Chapter 4?

2. How long has Ari known Gina Navarro?

3. How often did Ari's mother and aunt write one another throughout the years?

4. In Section 5, Chapter 22, what does Ari say he would rather have than drugs?

5. What hours does Ari work at the Charcoaler for four of the days he works in Section 6, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ari's mother plan to do for New Year's eve?

2. How do Gina and Susie find out the truth about Ari's injuries in Section 6, Chapter 8?

3. How does Ari get beer in Section 5, Chapter 22?

4. How does Ari feel about summer at the beginning of Section 6?

5. Where does Dante get a job and why does he like working there?

6. What does Ari do when he finds an envelope with his brother's name on it?

7. What does Dante write and tell Ari is his favorite painting and why does he like that painting?

8. What does Ari dream in Section 4, Chapter 7?

9. What does Ari do when Sam and Soledad admire his truck?

10. What does Ari do after he gets his license in Section 5, Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ari is afraid that Dante won't want to be friends if he really knows who Ari is. What is Ari hiding about himself and why does he think that if Dante knows who he really is, Dante won't want to be friends?

Essay Topic 2

Ari's family is very different from Dante's family. How are the two families alike and unalike and how does that affect each boy's perception of the world around him?

Essay Topic 3

Dante's mother doesn't want him looking like a poor Mexican. What does Dante do that makes his mother think people will believe he is a poor Mexican, and why does it bother her so much that her son would be viewed as poor and Mexican?

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