View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was author Gary Soto born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1947.

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

3. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Stolen Mr. Stiles’s truck.
(b) Graduated college.
(c) Joined the Navy.
(d) Gotten married.

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

5. In what area of the city is Eddie’s apartment, as described in Chapter 1?
(a) The west.
(b) The southeast.
(c) The northwest.
(d) The north.

6. What does Eddie’s aunt want him to do for her in Chapter 2?
(a) Go shopping with her.
(b) Pay her for the tortillas.
(c) Avenge her son’s death.
(d) Get out of the barrio.

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

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

9. 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) Job.
(b) Car.
(c) Baby.
(d) Boyfriend.

10. What had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Use the computers.
(b) Enroll in more classes.
(c) Sell his textbooks.
(d) Talk to a professor.

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

12. Where does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to drop off some items in Chapter 2?
(a) The library.
(b) The dump.
(c) The bank.
(d) The High School.

13. What pests inhabit Eddie’s apartment much to his chagrin in the novel?
(a) Howler monkeys.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Ants.

14. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Motif.
(d) Symbol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?

2. What technical skill was Eddie studying before dropping out of school?

3. What inexpensive food does Eddie typically live off of in the novel?

4. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 442 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample