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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stolen while Eddie stops by his apartment before returning to his job for Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Stiles’s truck.
(b) A neighbor’s car.
(c) Eddie's bike.
(d) Eddie’s refrigerator.

2. In what city does Eddie live in the novel?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Truckee.
(c) Santa Cruz.
(d) Arcata.

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

4. When did author Gary Soto earn his B.A. degree in English?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1974.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

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

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

4. Eddie’s aunt tells him that who will help him achieve the action she wants him to do in Chapter 2?

5. Where does Mr. Stiles live in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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