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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) Eddie’s refrigerator.
(b) Eddie's bike.
(c) A neighbor’s car.
(d) Mr. Stiles’s truck.

2. Eddie’s aunt tells him that who will help him achieve the action she wants him to do in Chapter 2?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Larry.
(c) Lupe.
(d) Angel.

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

4. What does Eddie’s aunt want him to do for her in Chapter 2?
(a) Pay her for the tortillas.
(b) Go shopping with her.
(c) Get out of the barrio.
(d) Avenge her son’s death.

5. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Cataclysm.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2 ends with Eddie saying that the "east was one large bruise that was slowly becoming” what?

2. When was author Gary Soto born?

3. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?

4. Eddie’s cousin was murdered by a stranger after making a comment about the stranger’s what?

5. Eddie believes that the students at the local college who are studying to be what are the lucky ones in Chapter 1?

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