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

2. What Spanish word from the novel refers to race, breed, or strain?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Paleta.
(c) Raza.
(d) Tejano.

3. Eddie goes along with Coach and a friend to travel and do what in Chapter 7?
(a) Go camping.
(b) Go hunting.
(c) Go fishing.
(d) Go rafting.

4. What Spanish word from the book means gossip or rumors?
(a) Raza.
(b) Chisme.
(c) Nalgas.
(d) Paleta.

5. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 refers to swine?
(a) Diablito.
(b) Cochino.
(c) Tonto.
(d) Verde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What younger gang leader tries to cause trouble with Eddie in Chapter 5?

2. Who is upset at Eddie’s presence when he arrives at José’s home in Chapter 8?

3. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 refers to a trowel, or hand tool with a curved blade used in gardening?

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

5. What Spanish word translates in English to mean “green”?

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