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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. José tells the man selling onions that he will buy how many sacks in Chapter 4?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What is Eddie’s principle mode of transportation in the novel?
(a) A car.
(b) His bike.
(c) Walking.
(d) The bus.

3. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s house along with a note in Chapter 3?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A gift.
(c) Money.
(d) The truck keys.

4. What item does Eddie spot and take with him while running an errand for Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) A vacuum cleaner.
(c) An air conditioner.
(d) A television.

5. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sequoia College.
(b) City College.
(c) Sierra College.
(d) Kern College.

6. Who does José tell Eddie to call after they leave the restaurant in Chapter 4?
(a) Angel.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Eddie's Mother.
(d) Mr. Stiles.

7. What refers to a desired result an animal, person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve?
(a) Obstacle.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Action.
(d) Objective.

8. How is José injured in Chapter 4?
(a) He is clubbed.
(b) He is punched.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is shot.

9. Where does Mr. Stiles live in the novel?
(a) North Fresno.
(b) South Fresno.
(c) East Fresno.
(d) West Fresno.

10. When Eddie returns to his apartment after leaving Mr. Stiles’s home in Chapter 3, his mother and what aunt arrive for a visit?
(a) Norma.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Belinda.

11. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Larry.
(c) Juan.
(d) Angel.

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

13. What does Eddie spot across the street from the breakfast café in Chapter 4?
(a) Norma.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mr. Stiles’s truck. A police car.
(d) A police car.

14. Chapter 2 ends with Eddie saying that the "east was one large bruise that was slowly becoming” what?
(a) “Winter.”
(b) “Healed.”
(c) “The night.”
(d) "Infected."

15. What refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton?
(a) Yosemite Valley.
(b) The Shasta Valley.
(c) The Sacramento Valley.
(d) The San Joaquin Valley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What aunt brings Eddie food in Chapter 2?

3. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?

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

5. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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