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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?
(a) His tools.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His bike.
(d) His hat.

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

3. What term refers to mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation?
(a) Misogyny.
(b) Escape.
(c) Culturalism.
(d) Anthropology.

4. What is the name of Eddie’s aunt who brings him tortillas every day in Chapter 1?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Delores.
(d) Norma.

5. Eddie compares his apartment as being “as quiet” as what and “just as smelly” in Chapter 4?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A block of cheese.
(c) A fox.
(d) A landfill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the kids sniff from paper bags to get high in Chapter 5?

2. How many of Eddie’s uncles does he claim have died in Chapter 1?

3. Where was the author Gabriel García Márquez born?

4. What does Angel think Eddie is doing with paint cans in the narrative?

5. What area does Eddie go to where the local gangsters hang out recruiting kids in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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