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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nine through Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter Eleven begin?
(a) The next morning, Sierra crept into Lázaro’s room.
(b) Bennie’s corner of Brooklyn looked different every time Sierra passed through it.
(c) Sweat rolled down the back of Sierra’s neck and stained the armpits of her gray T-shirt.
(d) Club Kalfour turned out to be a discreet little operation.

2. With which of the following does Chapter Four begin?
(a) The commotion from the pool area got louder.
(b) “¿Qúe pasó?”
(c) “So when popo came around the block, we just laid low.”
(d) “Aw, damn, y’all you seen this?”

3. Which of the following people does Sierra note depicted in her grandfather’s photographs?
(a) Nydia Ochoa.
(b) Joe Raconteur.
(c) Juan Seguín.
(d) Vincent Jackson.

4. With which of the following does Chapter Fourteen begin?
(a) Sierra had to peel her eyes away from the swirl of living paint.
(b) “What the hell?”
(c) Club Kalfour turned out to be a discreet little operation.
(d) “Run, Sierra!”

5. What are the first words Lázaro says in the novel?
(a) “Buenas noches.”
(b) “No lo creo.”
(c) “Te amo.”
(d) “Lo siento.”

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter Six begin?

2. How does the novel gloss the word “entiendes”?

3. Near which of the following corners does Sierra note Bennie lives?

4. Which of the following percussion instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?

5. With which of the following does Chapter Thirteen begin?

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