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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 had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Use the computers.
(b) Enroll in more classes.
(c) Sell his textbooks.
(d) Talk to a professor.

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

3. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His hat.
(c) His bike.
(d) His tools.

4. The girl who calls Eddie in Chapter 3 gave him what for free earlier in the day?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) A hat.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is José’s last name in the narrative?

2. What does Eddie’s aunt want him to do for her in Chapter 2?

3. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

4. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What term refers to mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Eddie work in Chapter 1? How is this neighborhood described?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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