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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. What does Eddie spot across the street from the breakfast café in Chapter 4?
2. In what city does Eddie live in the novel?
3. Who blames Eddie for what happened to José in Chapter 4?
4. Where does José take Eddie for breakfast in Chapter 4?
5. What refers to a desired result an animal, person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who calls Eddie at the end of Chapter 3? Why?
2. How is Eddie’s neighborhood described in Chapter 1?
3. Where does Eddie work in Chapter 1? How is this neighborhood described?
4. What leads to Mr. Stiles’s truck being stolen in Chapter 2?
5. What causes Eddie’s sense of fear in Chapter 1?
6. How does Eddie feel about his job prospect in Chapter 2?
7. Who is Angel? How is he described in Chapter 1?
8. What does Eddie’s job entail generally? Who greets him when he arrives home from work in Chapter 1?
9. How does Eddie respond to the news about Jesús’s murder in Chapter 4?
10. What information about Jesús’s murder does Eddie learn in the beginning of Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Describe and analyze the character of Coach in the narrative. How old is Coach? How long has Eddie known him? Why does Eddie trust Coach in telling him about the stolen truck? What does Coach represent symbolically to Eddie?
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