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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie spot across the street from the breakfast café in Chapter 4?
(a) Mr. Stiles’s truck. A police car.
(b) A police car.
(c) His mother.
(d) Norma.

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

3. What Spanish word from the novel refers to millet, or a type of grass that is cultivated for its grain and mostly used as fodder?
(a) Mijo.
(b) Raza.
(c) Paleta.
(d) Nalgas.

4. How many of Eddie’s uncles does he claim have died in Chapter 1?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Eddie spend at home alone feeling sorry for himself after his ordeal with the police in Chapter 7?

2. Who does José tell Eddie to call after they leave the restaurant in Chapter 4?

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?

4. What Spanish adjective from the novel means active, restless, or labored?

5. In Chapter 7, Eddie says, “"Coach had known most of us when we were knee-high gangsters with” what “hanging from our mouths”?

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