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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 pests inhabit Eddie’s apartment much to his chagrin in the novel?
(a) Howler monkeys.
(b) Ants.
(c) Rats.
(d) Cockroaches.

2. What refers to writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Motif.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

3. What do Eddie’s mother and aunt give him to eat when they visit in Chapter 3?
(a) Smoked salmon.
(b) A cheeseburger.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) A burrito.

4. What is the playground in the barrio where kids play, and where gangsters recruit new members?
(a) Holmes Playground.
(b) Mason Playground.
(c) Rodgers Park.
(d) Smith Park

5. Who blames Eddie for what happened to José in Chapter 4?
(a) Angel.
(b) José’s family.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Eddie's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does José tell Eddie to call after they leave the restaurant in Chapter 4?

2. What term is used as reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent?

3. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

4. When was author Gary Soto born?

5. Eddie compares his apartment as being “as quiet” as what and “just as smelly” in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Eddie feel about his job prospect in Chapter 2?

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

7. Where do Eddie and José go to eat in Chapter 4? Who do they encounter there?

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

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

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

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