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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pests inhabit Eddie’s apartment much to his chagrin in the novel?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Ants.
(c) Rats.
(d) Howler monkeys.

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

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

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

5. What is the playground in the barrio where kids play, and where gangsters recruit new members?
(a) Holmes Playground.
(b) Mason Playground.
(c) Smith Park
(d) Rodgers Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Eddie’s mother in Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?

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

4. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s house along with a note in Chapter 3?

5. What is stolen while Eddie stops by his apartment before returning to his job for Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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