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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. What is Eddie’s principle mode of transportation in the novel?
(a) His bike.
(b) A car.
(c) The bus.
(d) Walking.

2. How old is Eddie in Chapter 1?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 23.
(d) 15.

3. How old was Gary Soto when his father died?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. Where does Eddie bike daily to do odd jobs in Chapter 1?
(a) East Fresno.
(b) North Fresno.
(c) West Fresno.
(d) South Fresno.

5. What is the name of Eddie’s aunt who brings him tortillas every day in Chapter 1?
(a) Delores.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Norma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of the military has José joined in Chapter 4?

2. Where does Mr. Stiles live in the novel?

3. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?

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

5. What is the playground in the barrio where kids play, and where gangsters recruit new members?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddie discover at the dump in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What leads to Mr. Stiles’s truck being stolen in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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