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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 Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to Indian figurines?
(a) Diablito.
(b) Cholitos.
(c) Changos.
(d) Ratoncito.

2. What do a younger gang leader and his friends show Eddie in order to threaten him as he paints lines on the field in Chapter 5?
(a) Swords.
(b) Guns.
(c) Knives.
(d) Pictures.

3. Who is upset at Eddie’s presence when he arrives at José’s home in Chapter 8?
(a) José’s mother.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Coach.
(d) Jose.

4. In terms of the plot of the novel, Chapter 8 marks what transition?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Climax.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Rising action.

5. In Chapter 7, Eddie says, “"Coach had known most of us when we were knee-high gangsters with” what “hanging from our mouths”?
(a) Spit.
(b) Candy cigarettes.
(c) 40oz bottles.
(d) Tongues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish adjective from the novel means active, restless, or labored?

2. What does Eddie remark about Angel’s appearance when he sees him in the hospital in Chapter 8?

3. What Spanish slang word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to the backside or buttocks of a person?

4. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 means gossip?

5. Eddie goes to talk to Coach for advice in Chapter 6, saying that some people in his situation would turn to whom for guidance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Coach and José invite Eddie to go with them in Chapter 7?

2. What are Eddie’s impressions of the place that he goes to with Coach and José in Chapter 7?

3. Why does Eddie go to Angel’s house in Chapter 8? Who is there?

4. What two choices does Eddie face in Chapter 6?

5. What choices does Eddie face in Chapter 7? How does he feel about his fate?

6. What happens to cause Eddie to flee Angel’s home in Chapter 8?

7. How is Holmes playground described in Chapter 5?

8. What does Eddie find at his apartment when he returns from the police station in Chapter 7?

9. What does Eddie do in the two days after his ordeal with the police in Chapter 7?

10. How is Eddie’s relationship with Mr. Stiles repaired to some degree in Chapter 6?

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