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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technical skill was Eddie studying before dropping out of school?
(a) Air conditioning repair.
(b) Computer programming.
(c) Almond farming.
(d) Swimming pool installer.

2. What item does Eddie spot and take with him while running an errand for Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2?
(a) A television.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) An air conditioner.
(d) A vacuum cleaner.

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

4. 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) Scientists.
(d) Welders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie explain to Mr. Stiles in the note that he leaves him in Chapter 3?

2. The girl who calls Eddie in Chapter 3 invites him to come to her house to do what?

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

4. What does Eddie refer to his mother and aunt as in Chapter 3?

5. What local gangster solicits Eddie to help him avenge Eddie’s cousin’s death in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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