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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. Where does Yunior take his mother in this story?
(a) The park
(b) A restaurant
(c) The funfair
(d) The mall

2. What has the narrator lived without for the first nine years of his life?
(a) A car
(b) Money
(c) A father
(d) A mother

3. Who is the narrator's girlfriend making out with when he wakes up?
(a) Rafa
(b) Papi
(c) Cut
(d) Beto

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

5. Who does the narrator say smells likes the wind through a tree?
(a) Rafa
(b) Mami
(c) Ysrael
(d) Papi

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator's mother work?

3. What kind of drink did Tia like to drink?

4. What kind of photos does Yunior have of his father?

5. Where has the narrator's father gone to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

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

3. What is chapter four about?

4. What happens to Rafa and the narrator on the bus?

5. How did Ysrael disfigure his face?

6. How is school difficult for the narrator?

7. Why does Yunior call his mother shadow warrior?

8. How does Papi try to prevent the narrator from eating at the party?

9. Who do the narrator and Cut sell drugs to?

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

(see the answer keys)

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