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

2. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to a mouse?
(a) Ratoncito.
(b) Comadre.
(c) Changos.
(d) Cholitos.

3. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means to embrace or hug?
(a) Abrazo.
(b) Ratoncito.
(c) Cochino.
(d) Tejano.

4. Eddie runs away from Angel’s home in Chapter 8 because he believes that Angel has gone to get what?
(a) A gun.
(b) A cop.
(c) A rope.
(d) A knife.

5. What is the name of Eddie’s godmother’s dog in the narrative?
(a) Queenie.
(b) Champ.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Alfred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the money that Eddie’s godmother gives him for a donation does he keep for himself in Chapter 5?

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

3. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to Indian figurines?

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

5. Eddie tells Coach about what being stolen in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddie accuse Angel of in Chapter 8? How does Angel respond?

2. What causes Eddie to flee from Holmes playground in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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