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

2. What kind of drink did Tia like to drink?
(a) Vodka
(b) Brugal
(c) Sangria
(d) Whiskey

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

4. What game do the kids play at the party?
(a) Hide and seek
(b) Baccarat
(c) Poker
(d) Dominos

5. What country is Ysrael going to get his face operated on?
(a) Germany
(b) Australia
(c) America
(d) Britain

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes that he is coming home?

2. What were Yunior and Beto robbing when security caught them?

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

4. What part of his body does the narrator punch to wake himself up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what condition is the narrator's girlfriend?

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

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

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

6. What is chapter four about?

7. What does Papi tell Mami on the phone?

8. How did Ysrael disfigure his face?

9. What happens to Papi when he drinks?

10. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

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