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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. What personal information does Alex reveal to Brittany in Chapter 24?
(a) That his father was shot and killed in front of him.
(b) That he has a serious disease.
(c) That he has been in reform school.
(d) That he is dyslexic.

2. What weapon does the rival gang member have when Alex arrives to help the boy in #47?
(a) Brass knuckles.
(b) A knife.
(c) A chain.
(d) A pistol.

3. What grade is Brittany starting as the novel begins?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

4. What does Alex teach Brittany when he takes her to the place in #82?
(a) How to drive a manual transmission.
(b) How to shoot a gun.
(c) How to salsa dance.
(d) How to kiss.

5. Brittany spends a lot of time caring for whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Brittany tricks Alex by ______________________.

4. What does Brittany do after the first day of school?

5. What is Brittany's mother's tone toward Brittany?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Brittany do after Colin pushes her to have sex on the beach?

3. What unusual technique does the author use regarding point of view in this book?

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

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

6. What does Brittany begin to realize about Alex that shows her that they have more in common than she thought?

7. How does being a Latino Blood gang member make Alex's life harder at school and in his home life?

8. How does Alex help take care of his widowed mother and two younger brothers?

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

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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