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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eddie’s mother and aunt visit him in Chapter 3, they immediately begin searching his kitchen for what?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Tortillas.
(d) Cat food.

2. What in literature refers to incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another - Fathers to Sons, Bosses to Employees, Slaves to Masters, etc.?
(a) Internal conflict.
(b) Integral conflict.
(c) External conflicts.
(d) Relational conflicts.

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

4. What refers to the most typical form of language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Prose.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Verse.

5. What does Angel think Eddie is doing with paint cans in the narrative?
(a) Painting houses.
(b) Huffing them.
(c) Painting cars.
(d) Selling them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eddie arrives as his godmother’s house in Chapter 5, he calls whom to ask for money?

2. When he is given a special task by Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2, Eddie is overjoyed that Mr. Stiles trusts him to borrow what?

3. What does Eddie’s aunt want him to do for her in Chapter 2?

4. What does the road kill represent symbolically in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Eddie see Angel as he leaves the hospital in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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