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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eddie actually do with the paint cans he carries in the narrative?
(a) Paints graffiti on bridges.
(b) Paints addresses on curbs.
(c) Paints houses.
(d) Paints bicycles.

3. What Spanish adjective from the novel means active, restless, or labored?
(a) Raza.
(b) Nalgas.
(c) Movidas.
(d) Paleta.

4. How many days does Eddie spend at home alone feeling sorry for himself after his ordeal with the police in Chapter 7?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

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

6. What word used in Chapter 6 means to burn or reduce to ashes?
(a) Incinerate
(b) Raze.
(c) Abolish.
(d) Eliminate.

7. What does Eddie remark about Angel’s appearance when he sees him in the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) He is using crutches.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He has stitches above his eye.
(d) He has a cast on.

8. How does Eddie go about eradicating the pests in his apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Drowning them.
(b) Burning them.
(c) Poisoning them.
(d) Stomping on them.

9. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means to look or view?
(a) Mira.
(b) Paleta.
(c) Tonto.
(d) Cochino.

10. Who tries to start a fight with Eddie as Coach is on the phone in Chapter 6?
(a) Juan.
(b) Angel.
(c) Larry.
(d) Samuel.

11. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to a mouse?
(a) Changos.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Cholitos.
(d) Ratoncito.

12. Eddie accuses Angel of killing whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Coach.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Jose.
(d) Samuel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Eddie wait and hide outside the hospital to avoid a confrontation in Chapter 5?

2. What does Eddie decide to eradicate from his apartment in Chapter 7?

3. 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?

4. Chapter 8 begins with Eddie imagining he keeps hearing what?

5. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means kinswoman, female relative; crony; midwife?

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