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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. Who does Alex ask for help in taking the drunk Brittany home?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Javier.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Paco.

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

3. Who is the gang recruiter seen with Carlos?
(a) Mad.
(b) Tone.
(c) Wil.
(d) Paco.

4. What career does Colin plan to pursue?
(a) Law.
(b) Politics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Education.

5. What are Brittany's parents discussing when Brittany arrives home?
(a) A holiday party.
(b) A new car.
(c) A family vacation.
(d) A facility for Shelley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alex's father die?

2. Why does Colin have a fight with Brittany's mother?

3. Why is Brittany nervous about taking Alex to the school nurse's office?

4. Alex makes a date with Brittany for the coming weekend to do what?

5. What does one of Alex's friends bet that he cannot do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What halts a confrontation between Brittany and Carmen?

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

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

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

5. Why is Alex's bet with his friends an especially challenging one?

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

7. What pressures is Brittany experiencing at home and with Colin?

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

9. Why does Alex allow Carmen to seduce him on the beach even though he no longer wants to be involved with her?

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

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