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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is upset at Eddie’s presence when he arrives at José’s home in Chapter 8?
(a) José’s mother.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Coach.
(d) Jose.

2. What does Eddie decide to eradicate from his apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Mice.
(b) Rats.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Cockroaches.

3. What is the name of Samuel’s brother in the narrative?
(a) Jesús.
(b) Juan.
(c) Lupe.
(d) José.

4. Who does Eddie go to see in Fresno after visiting with Coach in Chapter 6?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A priest.
(c) A boxing promoter.
(d) A Navy recruiter.

5. What is Eddie accused of when he is arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) Arson.
(b) Having unpaid parking tickets.
(c) Murder.
(d) Stealing Mr. Stiles’s truck.

6. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means to embrace or hug?
(a) Abrazo.
(b) Tejano.
(c) Cochino.
(d) Ratoncito.

7. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means fat or portly?
(a) Gordito.
(b) Barrio.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Mira.

8. What Spanish slang term from Chapter 7 refers to Texans or Texas residents?
(a) Tejano.
(b) Hombre.
(c) Abrazo.
(d) Besos.

9. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to Indian figurines?
(a) Diablito.
(b) Changos.
(c) Cholitos.
(d) Ratoncito.

10. Chapter 8 begins with Eddie imagining he keeps hearing what?
(a) His father’s voice.
(b) His mother’s voice.
(c) Someone calling for help.
(d) Someone calling his name.

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

12. What Spanish word translates in English to mean “green”?
(a) Diablito.
(b) Verde.
(c) Gordito.
(d) Hombre.

13. Who does Eddie go looking for in a gangster-ridden area in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Lupe.
(c) José.
(d) Angel.

14. What in literature arise from obstacles located outside the protagonist including nature, the supernatural, or society?
(a) External conflicts.
(b) Internal conflicts.
(c) Relational conflicts.
(d) Integral conflicts.

15. What younger gang leader tries to cause trouble with Eddie in Chapter 5?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Larry.
(c) Jesús.
(d) Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eddie goes to Angel’s house in Chapter 8, he enters how?

2. What do a younger gang leader and his friends show Eddie in order to threaten him as he paints lines on the field in Chapter 5?

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

4. What Spanish word from the book means gossip or rumors?

5. Where does Eddie’s godmother ask him to go with her in Chapter 5?

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