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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 Chapter 7 means kinswoman, female relative; crony; midwife?
(a) Cholitos.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Raspada.
(d) Tonto.

2. What is Eddie accused of when he is arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) Having unpaid parking tickets.
(b) Arson.
(c) Stealing Mr. Stiles’s truck.
(d) Murder.

3. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 means gossip?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Chale.
(c) Verde.
(d) Comadre.

4. Who does Coach make a phone call in order to help Eddie in Chapter 6?
(a) Norma.
(b) José.
(c) Mr. Stiles.
(d) Dolores.

5. What Spanish word from Chapter 6 translates to man or fellow?
(a) Hombre.
(b) Ratoncito.
(c) Chale.
(d) Changos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 refers to swine?

2. When Eddie goes to Angel’s house in Chapter 8, he enters how?

3. What Spanish word translates in English to mean “green”?

4. What Spanish word from the novel refers to millet, or a type of grass that is cultivated for its grain and mostly used as fodder?

5. What former peer from high school does Eddie encounter in Fresno in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Eddie attempt to eradicate the roaches in his apartment in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Eddie imagine he is hearing in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What happens when Eddie goes to work for Mr. Stiles in Chapter 6?

6. What impressions does Eddie have of the Navy recruiter in Chapter 6?

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

8. What is significant about Eddie’s stealing money for the SPCA donation in Chapter 5?

9. Who does Eddie encounter at the Navy recruitment office in Chapter 6? What impression does this make on Eddie?

10. Who does Eddie go to for advice in Chapter 6? Why?

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