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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What local gangster solicits Eddie to help him avenge Eddie’s cousin’s death in Chapter 1?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Angel.
(c) Larry.
(d) José.

2. When was author Gary Soto born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1940.

3. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Cataclysm.
(d) Denouement.

4. What job does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to do for him in Chapter 2?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Car detailing.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Truck driver.

5. Most of the residents of Eddie’s neighborhood are descended from what heritage?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Irish.
(c) Russian
(d) Canadian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl who calls Eddie in Chapter 3 gave him what for free earlier in the day?

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

3. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?

4. Eddie is accused of saying bad words by a child riding what in Chapter 3?

5. When he is given a special task by Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2, Eddie is overjoyed that Mr. Stiles trusts him to borrow what?

(see the answer key)

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