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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 means to embrace or hug?
(a) Tejano.
(b) Ratoncito.
(c) Cochino.
(d) Abrazo.

2. Where does Eddie see Angel as he leaves the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) In Samuel’s room.
(b) At the bottom of the stairs.
(c) In the pharmacy.
(d) In Jesús’s room.

3. Who does Eddie go to see in Fresno after visiting with Coach in Chapter 6?
(a) A Navy recruiter.
(b) A priest.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A boxing promoter.

4. What Spanish adjective from the novel means active, restless, or labored?
(a) Nalgas.
(b) Raza.
(c) Movidas.
(d) Paleta.

5. When Coach takes Eddie to a “secret” spot in Chapter 7, he realizes it is the same place that he and other high school kids went to do to what?
(a) Go hiking.
(b) Use drugs.
(c) Make out.
(d) Study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Samuel’s brother in the narrative?

2. After Eddie leaves from his visit with Coach, he goes home to do what in Chapter 6?

3. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 refers to a trowel, or hand tool with a curved blade used in gardening?

4. Eddie runs away from Angel’s home in Chapter 8 because he believes that Angel has gone to get what?

5. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to a mouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed regarding Eddie’s relationship with Angel in Chapter 5?

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

3. Why does Eddie go to Holmes playground in Chapter 5? Who does he encounter there?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Eddie go after leaving Holmes playground in Chapter 5? Who does he call?

10. How is Holmes playground described in Chapter 5?

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