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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character becomes loud and argumentative at the party?
(a) Papi
(b) Yunior
(c) Rafa
(d) Mami

2. What does Lucero mean in Spanish?
(a) Happiness
(b) Meadows
(c) The moon
(d) Shining star

3. Where has the narrator's father gone to?
(a) England
(b) America
(c) Brazil
(d) Germany

4. Why do the school kids share their books with the poor kids at a distance?
(a) They are not allowed to approach them
(b) They don't want them stolen
(c) They don't want to move
(d) They don't want to get close to them

5. What does Yunior hope the kids don't ask from him at the mall?
(a) Drugs
(b) Women
(c) Stolen goods
(d) Money

6. What state is Yunior's father living in?
(a) Colorado
(b) New York
(c) California
(d) Florida

7. What is the nationality of the woman Papi is having an affair with?
(a) American
(b) German
(c) Brazilian
(d) Puerto Rican

8. What is a sucia?
(a) A small apartment
(b) A celebration
(c) A mistress
(d) A sweet

9. What does Aguantando mean?
(a) Fame
(b) Holding on
(c) Going home
(d) Bitterness

10. Which of the narrator's friends has an afro?
(a) Nelo
(b) Cut
(c) Homeboy
(d) Eggie

11. What is the name of the boy's uncle?
(a) Tno
(b) Rafa
(c) Jacques
(d) Gonzo

12. What does Rafa pull off Ysrael's face?
(a) His glasses
(b) His fake moustache
(c) His mask
(d) His hat

13. What does the aunt tell the narrator to do when he has finished eating?
(a) Brush his teeth
(b) Drink water
(c) Vomit
(d) Suck a mint

14. What did Mami used to give the narrator to eat before his father took him on car trips?
(a) Pastries
(b) Toffees
(c) Mints
(d) Fudge

15. What does the girlfriend beg the narrator to do when they have sex?
(a) Enjoy himself
(b) Go easy
(c) Talk nice
(d) Wear protection

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two boys going to the shop to buy for their uncle?

2. Where does Yunior take his mother in this story?

3. What does Rafa like telling his brother stories about?

4. What did Yunior and Beto used to do at the mall?

5. What part of America do the family move to?

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