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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 Ysrael doing in the field?
(a) Playing golf
(b) Playing his guitar
(c) Reading
(d) Flying a kite

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

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

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

5. What part of his body does the narrator punch to wake himself up?
(a) His eye
(b) His nose
(c) His stomach
(d) His groin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second section of the story?

2. What are Rafa and the older kids doing in the bedroom?

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

4. Why do the school kids share their books with the poor kids at a distance?

5. What does pato mean in Spanish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Papi tell Mami on the phone?

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

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

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

6. How does the aunt help out the narrator?

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

8. How were the narrator and his friend Beto out of control?

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

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

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