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

2. What kind of game is selo?
(a) A board game
(b) A tennis game
(c) A gambling game
(d) A bar game

3. What kind of animal does Mami buy to slaughter?
(a) A sheep
(b) A pig
(c) A cow
(d) A goat

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

5. Who is the narrator waiting for?
(a) His girlfriend
(b) His son
(c) His brother
(d) His father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the kids now recognize Yunior as?

3. What country is the first story set in?

4. Who writes that he is coming home?

5. What does Rafa hit Ysrael with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is chapter four about?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

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

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

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

10. What homosexual experiences has Yunior had?

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