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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-seven through Thirty-five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which instrument does Ruben play in Culebra?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Drums.
(c) Piano.
(d) Bass.

2. Which of the following sobriquets is used for Robbie?
(a) Oddball McStuffyface.
(b) Weirdo McPainting Dude.
(c) Beanpole McLankyman.
(d) Hobby Lobby Robbie.

3. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?
(a) Tee sipped a tiny mug of flavored coffee.
(b) The B52 bus was taking forever.
(c) Sierra headed quickly down Lafayette.
(d) Underwater again.

4. With which of the following does Chapter Five begin?
(a) “¿Qúe pasó?”
(b) Sierra had never seen so many books.
(c) “So when popo came around the block, we just laid low.”
(d) “Aw, damn, y’all you seen this?”

5. With which of the following does Chapter Twenty-five begin?
(a) The B52 bus was taking forever.
(b) On a normal night at El Mar, a few chubby couples would swing around the dance floor.
(c) Fifteen minutes later, Sierra and Bennie strolled back around the corner.
(d) CULEBRA was scrawled in ridiculously large and colorful letters across the tinted windows of El Mar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first to greet Sierra after she returns from communion with Lucera?

2. Which instrument does Gordo play with Culebra?

3. Which of the following is located next to El Mar?

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

5. In the novel, the phrase “‘Pa’ dónde vas, m’ija?” (131) most nearly means which of the following?

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