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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie actually do with the paint cans he carries in the narrative?
(a) Paints addresses on curbs.
(b) Paints graffiti on bridges.
(c) Paints houses.
(d) Paints bicycles.

2. What do a younger gang leader and his friends show Eddie in order to threaten him as he paints lines on the field in Chapter 5?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Guns.
(c) Swords.
(d) Knives.

3. What does Eddie decide to eradicate from his apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Mice.

4. When Coach takes Eddie to a “secret” spot in Chapter 7, he realizes it is the same place that he and other high school kids went to do to what?
(a) Use drugs.
(b) Study.
(c) Make out.
(d) Go hiking.

5. What Spanish slang term from Chapter 7 refers to Texans or Texas residents?
(a) Tejano.
(b) Hombre.
(c) Abrazo.
(d) Besos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means alert, ready, or sharp?

2. How old is Eddie’s mother in Chapter 3?

3. How many days does Eddie spend at home alone feeling sorry for himself after his ordeal with the police in Chapter 7?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 5, Eddie says, "I wanted to sprint straight into the future, but I kept” what?

5. Eddie goes along with Coach and a friend to travel and do what in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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