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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Coach make a phone call in order to help Eddie in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Stiles.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Norma.
(d) José.

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

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

5. In terms of the plot of the novel, Chapter 8 marks what transition?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Climax.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

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

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

8. 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) Heavy metal
(c) Blues.
(d) Reggae.

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

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

11. What literary term refers to the use of “onions” in the novel?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Motif.
(d) Antagonist.

12. What Spanish word from Chapter 6 translates to man or fellow?
(a) Chale.
(b) Hombre.
(c) Changos.
(d) Ratoncito.

13. What has been returned to Eddie’s home when he arrives after his ordeal with the police in Chapter 7?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His bike.
(d) His books.

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

15. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means foolish or silly?
(a) Paleta.
(b) Abrazo.
(c) Mira.
(d) Tonto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word from the novel refers to millet, or a type of grass that is cultivated for its grain and mostly used as fodder?

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

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

4. Who does Eddie go looking for in a gangster-ridden area in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. Who is visiting Angel when Eddie arrives in Chapter 8?

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