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

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

3. What had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Enroll in more classes.
(b) Talk to a professor.
(c) Use the computers.
(d) Sell his textbooks.

4. In Chapter 7, Eddie says, “"Coach had known most of us when we were knee-high gangsters with” what “hanging from our mouths”?
(a) Tongues.
(b) Spit.
(c) 40oz bottles.
(d) Candy cigarettes.

5. Where does Eddie’s godmother ask him to go with her in Chapter 5?
(a) The pharmacy.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The SPCA.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used as reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent?

2. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means foolish or silly?

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

4. What does Eddie remark about Angel’s appearance when he sees him in the hospital in Chapter 8?

5. When Eddie arrives as his godmother’s house in Chapter 5, he calls whom to ask for money?

(see the answer key)

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