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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. What was the sentence of the person in #129?
2. What prevented Reymundo from getting out of the gang?
3. In Chapter 41 Reymundo began to hang out with the King Leaders, the older members who ___________________.
4. Which Latin King was fatally beaten for losing the cocaine he was supposed to sell?
5. Why was Lucky killed by a member of his own gang?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did Loca take on in Reymundo's life?
2. Why did Reymundo brutally shoot and wound Agila and how did Loca get Reymundo's life spared for the incident?
3. Why did Rosie pretend to be in love with Reymundo?
4. Why did Maria kick Reymundo out of her apartment and where did he live after that?
5. What was the incredible bit of luck Reymundo had when viciously confronted by a Latin Lovers gang member?
6. Why did Jenny not want to have sex with Reymundo, and who did he have sex with instead?
7. Who offered to help Reymundo get out of gang life?
8. Why did the Kings decide to get revenge on a coalition of other gangs for Morena's death instead of the Imperials who actually killed her?
9. Why did Reymundo no longer want to join a gang, and why did he go through with it anyway?
10. What did Reymundo learn about Spanky when Reymundo was in the Cook County Jail, and what kind of time was Reymundo looking at for his crimes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the role of demographics in the makeup of gangs. What was the racial demographic? What was the age demographic? Why were youths in poverty-level households more susceptible to gang influence?
Essay Topic 2
Violence takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of the violence? How pervasive was the violence among the gangs? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.
Essay Topic 3
Create a character study of Reymundo. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about the narrator?
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