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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 drug had Lucky started to use which was a violation of gang rules?

2. Which girl pretended to be in love with Reymundo in Chapter 31?

3. For the first time, the gangs expanded to _______________________.

4. Which childhood friend did Reymundo run into in prison?

5. What was the sentence of the person in #129?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who offered to help Reymundo get out of gang life?

2. What did Reymundo and Loca do as an act of revenge for Juni's death?

3. What did Reymundo do when Morena was killed in a drive-by shooting?

4. How did Loco show that he had a lot of faith in Reymundo who was such a new gang member?

5. Why did Jenny not want to have sex with Reymundo, and who did he have sex with instead?

6. 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?

7. Why did King Dino have to go to jail for the crime that Reymundo committed in retaliation for Morena's death?

8. Why were gang coalitions formed as a result of a shoot-out at the Wisconsin Dells one summer?

9. Why did the white, middle-class kids in the suburbs not make it in gangs?

10. What impact did Juni have on Reymundo's life and what eventually happened to Juni?

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

The author uses more than one theme in the book. Identify at least two themes in the book, then cite an example to support each theme you name.

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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