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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie ask his mother and aunt to do as he leaves his apartment in Chapter 3?
(a) Say hello to his uncle.
(b) Leave him alone.
(c) Lock up when they leave.
(d) Pay his phone bill.

2. Eddie believes that the students at the local college who are studying to be what are the lucky ones in Chapter 1?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Morticians.
(c) Welders.
(d) Businessmen.

3. 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.

4. What does Eddie refer to his mother and aunt as in Chapter 3?
(a) “Crazy ladies.”
(b) “Nosy nannies.”
(c) “Gossip queens.”
(d) “Old nags.”

5. What Spanish word is used in the novel meaning district or neighborhood?
(a) Gordito.
(b) Barrio.
(c) Cholitos.
(d) Comadre.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gary Soto when his father died?

2. What do Eddie’s mother and aunt give him to eat when they visit in Chapter 3?

3. Who calls Eddie while his mother and aunt are visiting in Chapter 3?

4. Chapter 2 ends with Eddie saying that the "east was one large bruise that was slowly becoming” what?

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

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