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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Knives.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Swords.
(d) Guns.

2. For how long does Eddie wait and hide outside the hospital to avoid a confrontation in Chapter 5?
(a) Over an hour
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

3. When Eddie arrives as his godmother’s house in Chapter 5, he calls whom to ask for money?
(a) His mother.
(b) Juan.
(c) Norma.
(d) Dolores.

4. Eddie is accused of saying bad words by a child riding what in Chapter 3?
(a) A skateboard.
(b) A unicycle.
(c) A tricycle.
(d) A bicycle.

5. What literary term refers to the use of “onions” in the novel?
(a) Motif.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. How does Eddie go about eradicating the pests in his apartment in Chapter 7?

3. When Eddie returns to his apartment after leaving Mr. Stiles’s home in Chapter 3, his mother and what aunt arrive for a visit?

4. Where does Eddie’s godmother ask him to go with her in Chapter 5?

5. What area does Eddie go to where the local gangsters hang out recruiting kids in Chapter 5?

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