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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Eddie’s godmother’s dog in the narrative?
(a) Champ.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Queenie.

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

3. When Eddie arrives as his godmother’s house in Chapter 5, he calls whom to ask for money?
(a) Norma.
(b) His mother.
(c) Juan.
(d) Dolores.

4. After Eddie leaves from his visit with Coach, he goes home to do what in Chapter 6?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Call Norma.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Change clothes.

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

6. When Eddie goes to Angel’s house in Chapter 8, he enters how?
(a) Through the front door.
(b) Through the basement.
(c) Through the back yard.
(d) Through the window.

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

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

9. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means kinswoman, female relative; crony; midwife?
(a) Raspada.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Tonto.
(d) Cholitos.

10. When Coach takes Eddie to a “secret” spot in Chapter 7, he realizes it is the same place that he and other high school kids went to do to what?
(a) Use drugs.
(b) Make out.
(c) Study.
(d) Go hiking.

11. In Chapter 7, Eddie says, “"Coach had known most of us when we were knee-high gangsters with” what “hanging from our mouths”?
(a) Spit.
(b) Candy cigarettes.
(c) Tongues.
(d) 40oz bottles.

12. What Spanish slang word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to the backside or buttocks of a person?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Chale.
(c) Besos.
(d) Paleta.

13. What area does Eddie go to where the local gangsters hang out recruiting kids in Chapter 5?
(a) The city library.
(b) In N Out Burger.
(c) Behind the stadium.
(d) Holmes playground.

14. 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) External conflicts.
(b) Relational conflicts.
(c) Internal conflict.
(d) Integral conflict.

15. The former peer from high school that Eddie encounters in Chapter 6 is described by him as loving what kind of music?
(a) Rap.
(b) Reggae.
(c) Heavy metal
(d) Blues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means foolish or silly?

2. What in literature arise from obstacles located outside the protagonist including nature, the supernatural, or society?

3. Who does Eddie go to see in Fresno after visiting with Coach in Chapter 6?

4. Eddie tells Coach about what being stolen in Chapter 6?

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

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