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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. Eddie is convinced that who will attempt to kill him in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Stiles.
(b) Larry.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Angel.

7. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?
(a) Internal conflict.
(b) Relational conflict.
(c) Integral conflict.
(d) External conflict.

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

9. Why do José and Eddie go to the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) To see Aunt Delores.
(b) To have José’s stitches removed
(c) To have Eddie’s stitches removed
(d) To see Angel.

10. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 refers to swine?
(a) Tonto.
(b) Diablito.
(c) Verde.
(d) Cochino.

11. Who, along with Coach, invites Eddie to go on a trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Norma.
(c) José.
(d) Larry.

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

13. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 means gossip?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Chale.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Verde.

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

15. What Spanish word from Chapter 6 translates in English to demon?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Ratoncito.
(c) Diablito.
(d) Comadre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie goes to talk to Coach for advice in Chapter 6, saying that some people in his situation would turn to whom for guidance?

2. What Spanish adjective from the novel means active, restless, or labored?

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

4. For whom does Eddie go to work in Chapter 6?

5. Who is at the hospital when Eddie arrives to visit José in Chapter 5?

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