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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. Shelley gets a spot on her ________________.
(a) pants.
(b) sweater.
(c) shirt.
(d) shoe.
2. What weapon does the rival gang member have when Alex arrives to help the boy in #47?
(a) A chain.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pistol.
(d) Brass knuckles.
3. What does Brittany give to Alex to write on?
(a) Poster.
(b) Note pad.
(c) Notebook.
(d) Blank check.
4. What does one of Alex's friends bet that he cannot do?
(a) Get straight A's.
(b) Get into college.
(c) Get a good job.
(d) Get Brittany into bed.
5. What does Brittany ask Alex at the end of the driving lesson?
(a) Why he wants to be perceived as a bad boy.
(b) Why he doesn't like school.
(c) What he is doing over Spring Break.
(d) If he wants to kiss her.
Short Answer Questions
1. The gang members tell Alex that his friend, _____________, is about to be in a fight with a rival gang.
2. Who does Brittany say is in her head when she is hung over?
3. Where does Alex wait for hours for Brittany in Chapter 16?
4. In which group is Brittany categorized at school?
5. Who is Hector?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Brittany's mother's treatment of Alex indicate about how different his life is from Brittany's?
2. What is the initial conflict in the story of Alex and Brittany?
3. Why is Brittany initially resistant to Alex's flirtations?
4. How does Alex help take care of his widowed mother and two younger brothers?
5. Why does Alex allow Carmen to seduce him on the beach even though he no longer wants to be involved with her?
6. Where does Brittany spend the night when she is drunk and why do she and Alex fight the next morning?
7. What information about their personal pain do Brittany and Alex admit to each other at the abandoned airport?
8. What does Alex know he will have to do eventually as a member of the Latino Bloods and why is he so resistant to the idea?
9. Why does Alex join a gang and sacrifice any chances of going to college?
10. Why does Alex need Isabel's help regarding Brittany at the beach?
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