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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Difficult Path.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "How to Transform," what do the other players call the narrator during his first weeks at the gym?
(a) Chico.
(b) Lame.
(c) Punk.
(d) Mexico.

2. In "How to Transform,"what does Dante tell the narrator to do?
(a) Play harder.
(b) Leave the gym.
(c) Run laps.
(d) Call his father.

3. In "A Difficult Path," why does the pirate captain decide to allow the narrator to stay on board?
(a) The narrator can read.
(b) The narrator threatens to jump overboard.
(c) She realizes the narrator is actually her daughter.
(d) She feels sorry for the narrator.

4. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator decided to do after two weeks at the gym?
(a) Pay a team captain to let him play.
(b) Challenge Dante.
(c) Invite his father to the gym.
(d) Quit going to the gym.

5. In "How to Transform," what book did the narrator write a paper on?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) The House on Mango Street.
(c) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(d) Huck Finn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Difficult Path," what condition does the narrator's mother set when she sells her?

2. In "How to Transform," what kind of car does the narrator's father drive?

3. In "The Difficult Path," how does the narrator come to live with the Li family?

4. In "How to Transform," what advice does Dante give the narrator?

5. In "How to Transform," what does Slim offer to buy the narrator?

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