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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. What does Rafa cal his father's beatings?
(a) Collateral damage
(b) The hand of God
(c) A learning curve
(d) The devil's hand

2. What country invaded the Domincan Republic in 1965?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Brazil
(d) Congo

3. What kind of drugs do the boys sell?
(a) Weed
(b) Cocaine
(c) Heroin
(d) Speed

4. Who supports the family while the father is gone?
(a) A priest
(b) An uncle
(c) The grandmother
(d) The grandfather

5. What does Ysrael wear to hide his injuries?
(a) A mask
(b) A glove
(c) A hat
(d) A scarf

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the narrator's friends has an afro?

2. Who disappears for five weeks?

3. What game do the kids play at the party?

4. What kind of animal attacked Ysrael?

5. What does the narrator say before he throws up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is school difficult for the narrator?

2. How does the narrator spend the evening with his girlfriend?

3. What is happening when the narrator returns with the burgers?

4. What homosexual experiences has Yunior had?

5. How does Ysrael try to help the two boys?

6. How does the narrator feel when his girlfriend is released from the juvenile hall?

7. How do the family react when Papi sends them a second letter saying he is coming home?

8. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

9. Why is Papi upset with the narrator?

10. Why did the narrator and his brother spend their summers with their uncle?

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