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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is among the tortillas brought to Eddie by his aunt in Chapter 2?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A gun.
(d) A few photographs.

2. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a local girl who is a good catch to them because she has only one what in Chapter 3?
(a) Car.
(b) Boyfriend.
(c) Job.
(d) Baby.

3. In narrative, what is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Motif.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbol.

4. What refers to a desired result an animal, person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve?
(a) Action.
(b) Objective.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Obstacle.

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?
(a) Motif.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the city is Eddie’s apartment, as described in Chapter 1?

2. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

3. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a girl named what in Chapter 3?

4. How many children does the onion seller have piled into his car in Chapter 4?

5. José tells the man selling onions that he will buy how many sacks in Chapter 4?

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