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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 continued for Reymundo when the family moved to Puerto Rico?
(a) He refused to go to school.
(b) He practiced shooting his pistol.
(c) He smoked pot every day.
(d) Pedro still beat him.

2. What did Reymundo do when he moved back to the United States?
(a) He became a pothead.
(b) He took guitar lessons.
(c) He graduated high school.
(d) He got a job as a bus boy.

3. Maria agreed to pose as Reymundo's mother so he could ________________________.
(a) enroll in high school.
(b) get a bank loan.
(c) have a medical procedure.
(d) enlist in the army.

4. Where did Reymundo and China spend the night after the party?
(a) Maria's house.
(b) The Kings' clubhouse.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) China's house.

5. Who were the female counterparts of the Latin Kings?
(a) The Sweet Sixteen.
(b) The Senoritas.
(c) The Flamencas.
(d) The Latin Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would the girl in #73 not have sex with Reymundo?

2. Which of the following was NOT something that fascinated Reymundo about his new city?

3. Where did Reymundo and the girl in #73 share a bed?

4. Why did the Latin Kings accept Reymundo into their gang?

5. Why did Speedy's gang members beat him brutally for beating Reymundo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Reymundo's friends at his new school and what were some of the things they did together?

2. Describe the violent encounter between the Chi-Wests and Reymundo, Mouse and Morena. What advice did Morena later give Reymundo about being a leader?

3. Why was the gang lifestyle so attractive to Reymundo?

4. What did Reymundo learn that changed his mind about the Spanish Lords after his encounter with Snake?

5. What was Reymundo's life like when he lived with Hector?

6. Why did Flaco's Insane Spanish Cobras beat Papo and not Reymundo?

7. What is the premise of "My Bloody Life"?

8. Describe the traumatic and dysfunctional beginning of Reymundo's life in Puerto Rico.

9. How did Reymundo rationalize his first killing spree and what gang accepted him after that?

10. Why was Reymundo exempt from the usual act of violence to join a group when he decided on the Latin Kings?

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