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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 cars.
(c) Huffing them.
(d) Painting houses.

2. 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.

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?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Swords.

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

5. Eddie runs away from Angel’s home in Chapter 8 because he believes that Angel has gone to get what?
(a) A rope.
(b) A cop.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

6. What does Eddie pretend to be in order to stay close to José at the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) A mortician.
(b) A police officer.
(c) José’s translator.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

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

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

11. What does the narrator say the kids sniff from paper bags to get high in Chapter 5?
(a) Bath salts.
(b) Glue.
(c) Paint.
(d) Markers.

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

13. What former peer from high school does Eddie encounter in Fresno in Chapter 6?
(a) José.
(b) Larry.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Juan.

14. Who is visiting Angel when Eddie arrives in Chapter 8?
(a) Coach.
(b) `Samuel.
(c) Juan.
(d) Jesus

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The former peer from high school that Eddie encounters in Chapter 6 is described by him as loving what kind of music?

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

3. In terms of the plot of the novel, Chapter 8 marks what transition?

4. Where do police officers jump out of to arrest Eddie in Chapter 6?

5. Eddie goes along with Coach and a friend to travel and do what in Chapter 7?

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