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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eddie goes along with Coach and a friend to travel and do what in Chapter 7?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Go rafting.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Go camping.

2. What Spanish adjective from the novel means henpecked, traitorous, or disloyal?
(a) Cabron.
(b) Tonto.
(c) Tejano.
(d) Nalgas.

3. Eddie tells Coach about what being stolen in Chapter 6?
(a) His watch.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Mr. Stiles’s truck.
(d) His bike.

4. Where do police officers jump out of to arrest Eddie in Chapter 6?
(a) A truck bed.
(b) Mr. Stiles’s garage.
(c) Police cars.
(d) A white van.

5. Where does Eddie see Angel as he leaves the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) In Samuel’s room.
(b) In Jesús’s room.
(c) In the pharmacy.
(d) At the bottom of the stairs.

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

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

8. How much of the money that Eddie’s godmother gives him for a donation does he keep for himself in Chapter 5?
(a) $2.
(b) $5.
(c) $20.
(d) $10.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

2. What is the name of Samuel’s brother in the narrative?

3. What Spanish word from the book means gossip or rumors?

4. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means a scolding or admonishment?

5. Where does Eddie’s godmother ask him to go with her in Chapter 5?

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