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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eddie accused of when he is arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) Having unpaid parking tickets.
(b) Arson.
(c) Murder.
(d) Stealing Mr. Stiles’s truck.

2. Where does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to drop off some items in Chapter 2?
(a) The library.
(b) The bank.
(c) The High School.
(d) The dump.

3. What refers to writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Motif.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Exposition.

4. 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) Gloria.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Dolores.

5. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to Indian figurines?
(a) Changos.
(b) Cholitos.
(c) Diablito.
(d) Ratoncito.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie learns that Angel was angry over Jesús’s having sold what and not sharing the profits in Chapter 4?

2. When did author Gary Soto earn his B.A. degree in English?

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

4. What does José give to the onion seller’s children in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of Eddie’s cousin who was recently murdered in Chapter 1?

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