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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 kind of tree did Yunior try to stab?
(a) A pear tree
(b) A apple tree
(c) A weeping willow
(d) A mango tree

2. What is the name of the narrator's brother?
(a) Juan
(b) Rafa
(c) Jose
(d) Ysrael

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

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

5. What is the name of the second short story?
(a) Fiesta
(b) Siesta
(c) Party Mode
(d) The beating

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yunior imagine his father tracing on his cheek?

2. What did Mami used to give the narrator to eat before his father took him on car trips?

3. What country is the narrator's aunt and uncle moving to?

4. What kind of people do Yunior and his friends like to abuse?

5. What is the nationality of the woman Papi is having an affair with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Papi tell Mami on the phone?

2. How does Mami react when Papi writes that he is coming home?

3. How did security catch Beto and Yunior shoplifting?

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

5. How did Papi and Mami try to cure the narrator of his car sickness?

6. Why is Mami afraid of living in her apartment?

7. How does Rafa treat his brother in the city?

8. How does Rafa beat up Ysrael?

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

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

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