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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What local gangster solicits Eddie to help him avenge Eddie’s cousin’s death in Chapter 1?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Larry.
(c) José.
(d) Angel.

2. In what area of the city is Eddie’s apartment, as described in Chapter 1?
(a) The north.
(b) The southeast.
(c) The west.
(d) The northwest.

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

4. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?
(a) $5.
(b) $8.
(c) $3.
(d) $10.

5. What is the name of Eddie’s cousin who was recently murdered in Chapter 1?
(a) Jesús.
(b) José.
(c) Angel.
(d) Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

2. How old is Eddie in Chapter 1?

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

4. What do Eddie’s mother and aunt give him to eat when they visit in Chapter 3?

5. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?

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