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

2. Which of the following was NOT something that fascinated Reymundo about his new city?
(a) The language.
(b) The snow.
(c) The indoor plumbing.
(d) The L trains.

3. Who did Reymundo's mother take up with after her second husband left her?
(a) Juan.
(b) Luis.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Carlos.

4. Who was the person who raped Reymundo?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Pedro.

5. China wanted to go to college to become a _______________.
(a) writer.
(b) teacher.
(c) computer tech.
(d) nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which teammate did Reymundo become a close friend?

2. What did Reymundo's best friend, Papo, suggest to the Spanish Lords?

3. What did Reymundo do as part of his initiation into the Spanish Kings?

4. To what neighborhood did Reymundo's family move?

5. For how long was Reymundo to be kicked out of the clubhouse, homeless and friendless?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Reymundo's life change after he was branded a coward?

2. Where did Reymundo's family move to in America and what did Reymundo especially like about it?

3. What did Jenny tell Reymundo about her and Speedy that made him so angry that he put his life at risk and ended up badly beaten in the hospital?

4. What sleeping arrangements did Reymundo and China have at Maria's?

5. What was Reymundo's first experience with a gang war -- the one between the Spanish Cobras and the Spanish Lords?

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

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

8. What did both Maria and Hector do to help Reymundo go to school and live a relatively normal life?

9. Describe the altercation between the Latin Kings and Latin Queens and the police at Montrose Harbor.

10. Describe the incident where Pedro severely beats Reymundo who appeals to his mother -- who also beats him.

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