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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the woman who lived with her daughter and two of the daughter's friends in an apartment?

3. Which one of the Spanish Kings went with Reymundo to answer to the Unknowns about beating Speedy?

4. Who were the female counterparts of the Latin Kings?

5. Who was the person who raped Reymundo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was Reymundo's relationship with Morena and what did he think might destroy that relationship?

4. What impact did Pedro's beatings of Reymundo have on Reymundo's life?

5. Describe Reymundo's violent life after the family moved back to Puerto Rico.

6. Where did Reymundo meet China, a girl he really liked?

7. Describe the incident in which Reymundo was kicked out of the Spanish Lords clubhouse because a Chi-West member stole Crazy's gang sweater.

8. What was Reymundo's introduction to sex like and who was his partner?

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

10. What did Reymundo have to do in Imperial Gangsters territory as part of his initiation into the Latin Kings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Substance abuse seems to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the abuse? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? How does it affect the abusers? How does it affect those impacted by the abusers? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the novel's title--"My Bloody Life". Why did Sanchez choose this title? Is there an understood message in the title? Is there another title you can suggest that might be more appropriate?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in America in the 1970s and 1980s. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about women was evident in how the women in gangs behaved and how they were treated? Explain.

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