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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 did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?
(a) A judge.
(b) El Padre.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A prominent drug dealer.

2. Where is the main character getting ready to go at the start of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Radio City Music Hall.
(b) Carnegie Hall.
(c) New York Philharmonic.
(d) Town Hall.

3. What was Jamie’s father’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Carpenter.

4. What name does Henry use for Elise’s fiancé when discussing him with Jacob Apelman?
(a) The Chump.
(b) The Loser.
(c) The Leech.
(d) The Parasiter.

5. What is the main character struggling to stand up in at the beginning of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) His window.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The bus.
(d) His bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ron fail to kill despite orders from El Padre?

2. How old was Olivia when she and Henry first met and she modeled for him?

3. What name does the narrator go by as explained in the middle of the story Cartagena?

4. Which member of the group urges the narrator to help them with the with their “business on behalf of Luis” (30)?

5. What work does Ron do for his boss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ron is ordered to kill his friend Hernando?

2. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

3. How does Luis and the group treat their target after they find him in his neighborhood eating a donut?

4. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

5. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?

6. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

7. What happened when Jamie hooked a seagull while fishing with his family?

8. How did Ron get involved with El Padre?

9. What does Cale confess to Jamie when he comes to his house to tell him that Tammie said Dory is going to beat Jamie up at practice?

10. In “Love and Honor” why is Nam surprised to find his father in his apartment when he wakes up?

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