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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did author Gary Soto earn his B.A. degree in English?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1968.

2. Where does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to drop off some items in Chapter 2?
(a) The library.
(b) The dump.
(c) The High School.
(d) The bank.

3. When Eddie returns to his apartment after leaving Mr. Stiles’s home in Chapter 3, his mother and what aunt arrive for a visit?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Norma.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Belinda.

4. What does Eddie explain to Mr. Stiles in the note that he leaves him in Chapter 3?
(a) That he still wants to work for him.
(b) That the truck was stolen.
(c) That he has taken another job.
(d) That he has joined the army.

5. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Cataclysm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrative point-of-view of Buried Onions?

2. What refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton?

3. What is among the tortillas brought to Eddie by his aunt in Chapter 2?

4. What had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?

5. When was author Gary Soto born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Eddie’s neighborhood described in Chapter 1?

2. How is the Spanish term “barrio” defined and described in Chapter 1?

3. How is the relationship between Eddie and José described in Chapter 4?

4. Who do Eddie’s aunt and mother try to get him to date in Chapter 3?

5. Who is the protagonist of the book? How is his objective defined in Chapter 1?

6. What does Eddie take to Mr. Stiles’s home in Chapter 3?

7. What causes Eddie’s sense of fear in Chapter 1?

8. What does Eddie’s job entail generally? Who greets him when he arrives home from work in Chapter 1?

9. Who does Eddie believe will have brighter futures as described in Chapter 1? Why?

10. What does the author establish through the exposition in Chapter 1?

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