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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. 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) Study.
(c) Use drugs.
(d) Make out.

2. What in literature refers to incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another - Fathers to Sons, Bosses to Employees, Slaves to Masters, etc.?
(a) Integral conflict.
(b) Relational conflicts.
(c) Internal conflict.
(d) External conflicts.

3. What Spanish word from the book means gossip or rumors?
(a) Raza.
(b) Chisme.
(c) Nalgas.
(d) Paleta.

4. What does Eddie’s godmother feed him for lunch in Chapter 5?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Sandwiches and milk.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Chips and salsa.

5. What does Angel think Eddie is doing with paint cans in the narrative?
(a) Painting houses.
(b) Painting cars.
(c) Huffing them.
(d) Selling them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Spanish word from the novel refers to race, breed, or strain?

4. The former peer from high school that Eddie encounters in Chapter 6 is described by him as loving what kind of music?

5. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means fat or portly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What new objective does Eddie have in the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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

6. How is Holmes playground described in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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