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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aunt brings Eddie food in Chapter 2?
(a) Delores.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Norma.
(d) Gloria.

2. What term is used as reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent?
(a) El timbre.
(b) Chicano.
(c) Senior.
(d) Hombre.

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?
(a) Norma.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Belinda.

4. How old is Eddie in Chapter 1?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

5. Who calls Eddie while his mother and aunt are visiting in Chapter 3?
(a) Juan.
(b) Norma.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie ask his mother and aunt to do as he leaves his apartment in Chapter 3?

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

3. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?

4. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

5. What is the playground in the barrio where kids play, and where gangsters recruit new members?

(see the answer key)

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