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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie receives a call from a girl who works where in Chapter 3?

2. Eddie’s aunt tells him that who will help him achieve the action she wants him to do in Chapter 2?

3. Who blames Eddie for what happened to José in Chapter 4?

4. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What does Eddie ask his mother and aunt to do as he leaves his apartment in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddie discover at the dump in Chapter 2?

2. What does José represent symbolically to Eddie in the narrative?

3. What leads to Mr. Stiles’s truck being stolen in Chapter 2?

4. Who is the protagonist of the book? How is his objective defined in Chapter 1?

5. What does Eddie’s job entail generally? Who greets him when he arrives home from work in Chapter 1?

6. What background information does the author establish regarding Eddie’s past and the people he has lost in Chapter 1?

7. What errand does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to do in Chapter 2?

8. What is Angel’s objective with Eddie in Chapter 1?

9. Where does Eddie work in Chapter 1? How is this neighborhood described?

10. What does the author establish through the exposition in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Aunt Delores in the novel. How close is Eddie to his aunt? Where does Delores live? What objective does Delores have in bringing Eddie tortillas? Do you think this makes her a likable character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the military in the novel. What does joining the military mean for José? How does Eddie view the military and José’s stories of training? How do Eddie’s feelings about the military evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss examples of foreshadowing in Chapters 1 and 2. How is the theft of Mr. Stiles’s truck foreshadowed in the narrative? How effectively does the author employ foreshadowing? What is foreshadowed by Eddie’s Aunt Delores?

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