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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. Eddie learns that Angel was angry over Jesús’s having sold what and not sharing the profits in Chapter 4?
(a) A car.
(b) Some jewelry.
(c) A television.
(d) Drugs.

2. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Juan.
(c) Angel.
(d) Larry.

3. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Motif.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Exposition.

4. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?
(a) $3.
(b) $10.
(c) $5.
(d) $8.

5. What does Eddie spot across the street from the breakfast café in Chapter 4?
(a) A police car.
(b) Mr. Stiles’s truck. A police car.
(c) His mother.
(d) Norma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Eddie’s cousin who was recently murdered in Chapter 1?

2. How old was Gary Soto when his father died?

3. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?

4. When Eddie’s mother and aunt visit him in Chapter 3, they immediately begin searching his kitchen for what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does José represent symbolically to Eddie in the narrative?

2. What background information does the author establish regarding Eddie’s past and the people he has lost in Chapter 1?

3. What errand does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to do in Chapter 2?

4. What information about Jesús’s murder does Eddie learn in the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What additional item does Eddie’s aunt bring him with tortillas in Chapter 2? Why?

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

7. What does Eddie’s aunt bring him daily in Chapter 1? Why?

8. Why does Angel visit Eddie in Chapter 3? How does Eddie respond?

9. Who calls Eddie at the end of Chapter 3? Why?

10. Who has stolen the truck in Chapter 2? What is Eddie’s response to the situation?

(see the answer keys)

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