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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. Where does Eddie bike daily to do odd jobs in Chapter 1?
2. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?
3. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?
4. What does José give to the onion seller’s children in Chapter 4?
5. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a girl named what in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does José represent symbolically to Eddie in the narrative?
2. What is Angel’s objective with Eddie in Chapter 1?
3. Who is Angel? How is he described in Chapter 1?
4. Who calls Eddie at the end of Chapter 3? Why?
5. What leads to Mr. Stiles’s truck being stolen in Chapter 2?
6. What does the author establish through the exposition in Chapter 1?
7. How is Eddie’s neighborhood described in Chapter 1?
8. Why does Angel visit Eddie in Chapter 3? How does Eddie respond?
9. Who visits Eddie after he leaves Mr. Stiles’s house in Chapter 3?
10. Who has stolen the truck in Chapter 2? What is Eddie’s response to the situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the setting of Buried Onions. How is a barrio defined? In what year does the story take place? How does Eddie describe the city of Fresno? Where does Eddie work?
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
Discuss Eddie’s relationships with women his own age in the novel. How does Eddie feel about romantic involvement with the women of the barrio? Why? Who does Eddie’s mother attempt to get him to date? Why?
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