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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means fat or portly?
(a) Comadre.
(b) Mira.
(c) Barrio.
(d) Gordito.

2. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a local girl who is a good catch to them because she has only one what in Chapter 3?
(a) Baby.
(b) Car.
(c) Job.
(d) Boyfriend.

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

4. Eddie is accused of saying bad words by a child riding what in Chapter 3?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A unicycle.
(c) A tricycle.
(d) A skateboard.

5. What is among the tortillas brought to Eddie by his aunt in Chapter 2?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A gun.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A few photographs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to Indian figurines?

2. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means a scolding or admonishment?

3. What pests inhabit Eddie’s apartment much to his chagrin in the novel?

4. What Spanish slang word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to the backside or buttocks of a person?

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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