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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. Why do Hector and Mando come to Dr. Femur's office?
(a) To play cards.
(b) To have dinner.
(c) To watch the baseball game on TV.
(d) To have a chiropractic adjustment.

2. To what type of restaurant do Julio and the boys take Vicky?
(a) French.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Italian.
(d) Thai.

3. What does Hector use to poke at Freddie who is on the apartment ledge?
(a) A BB gun.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) Julio's cane.
(d) A broom.

4. Hector and Mando say that they are also ________________.
(a) broke.
(b) angry.
(c) soldiers.
(d) victims.

5. How does Freddie pay Dr. Femur for the chiropractic adjustments for him and Huey?
(a) With a credit card.
(b) With cash.
(c) With counterfeit bills.
(d) With a debit card.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Freddie and Huey doing outside when Hector and Mando see them?

2. What does Julio tell Hector and Mando about Vicky?

3. How much is the reward for catching the robbers?

4. What makes the police happy when they arrive at Julio's apartment?

5. What does Hector do when he hears Freddie's voice on the answering machine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the author inserted the phone messages from a crazy girlfriend of Julio's former roommate, Rick?

2. What is the first trick that Hector tries to get rid of Freddie?

3. How does Hector's innocence exhibit when he is scared and trying to convince himself that the robbers are not coming after them?

4. Why does Vicky apologize to the boys again and what do she and the boys do at the apartment that takes all night?

5. What qualities and experiences do Hector and Mando have that allow them to survive the encounter with the robbers?

6. What does Hector do in Julio's apartment that makes the boys more vulnerable?

7. What is Freddie and Huey's plan in Chapter 14?

8. What is the symbolism of the back window of Julio's car falling out as the group drives to dinner?

9. Where do Hector and Mando see Freddie and Huey and how can they identify them?

10. How does Julio turn into the stereotype of the typical Latin male?

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