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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 Brittany go instead of meeting Alex at the library?
(a) Pom Pom practice.
(b) The airport.
(c) Starbucks.
(d) The mall.

2. Who does Brittany say is in her head when she is hung over?
(a) The Muppets.
(b) The Smurfs.
(c) The Oompa Loompas.
(d) The marching band.

3. What does Alex lose if he loses the bet in #35?
(a) His gang membership.
(b) $100.
(c) His motorcycle.
(d) His gang jacket.

4. Who is the friend who makes the bet with Alex?
(a) Mambo.
(b) Tige.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Slim.

5. The gang members tell Alex that his friend, _____________, is about to be in a fight with a rival gang.
(a) Paulie.
(b) Philip.
(c) Paulo.
(d) Paco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Chemistry teacher?

2. What does Shelley do to Brittany when Brittany tries to intervene between the fight between Shelley and her mother?

3. What does Alex dream of being when he is drunk at the beach?

4. Alex flirts with Brittany and tries to get her to ____________________.

5. Brittany spends a lot of time caring for whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brittany take more care of her sister than is necessary?

2. What does the author reveal about Brittany's life that is different from outside appearances?

3. What is the nature of the initial hostility between Alex and Brittany?

4. What information about their personal pain do Brittany and Alex admit to each other at the abandoned airport?

5. Why does the sight of his brother near the soccer field anger Alex?

6. Why does Alex join a gang and sacrifice any chances of going to college?

7. What is Alex's role in the gang, the Latino Bloods?

8. In what way do Brittany and Alex have much in common?

9. What prevents a possible ugly situation when Brittany, who is drunk, wanders into the area of the beach where Alex and his Bloods are hanging out?

10. Where does Brittany spend the night when she is drunk and why do she and Alex fight the next morning?

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