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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What branch of the military has José joined in Chapter 4?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Air Force.

3. When was author Gary Soto born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

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

5. What aunt brings Eddie food in Chapter 2?
(a) Delores.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Norma.
(d) Gloria.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?

2. What is the name of Eddie’s aunt who brings him tortillas every day in Chapter 1?

3. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a girl named what in Chapter 3?

4. How old is Eddie in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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