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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Porfirio driving when he died in a car crash?

2. How old is Lola is Part I, Chapter Two before her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer?

3. What does Oscar call the Ground Zero of the New World?

4. When is Trujillo gunned down?

5. Who is Belicia's only friend in Part I, Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Gangster's early life like?

2. Why does Oscar consider it odd that Miggs can get a girlfriend?

3. How and where does Beli get her first job?

4. In Part I, Chapter Three, why does the narrator think Belicia is ungrateful?

5. What does Lola do after she cuts her hair and her mother tells her to wear a wig?

6. What was the Gangster doing by the time he was between the ages of 12 and 14?

7. In Part I, Chapter One, what does Oscar dream about his sister's friends?

8. How do Oscar's sister's girlfriends treat him?

9. What does Oscar do when he spends the summer at his abuela Nena Inca's house?

10. Who are two other outcasts at school where Belicia attends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beli's believes that her first job defines her coming of age; in what ways did Beli's first job help her mature and grow up?

Essay Topic 2

Yunior has a plan to end the curse. What is Yunior's plan to end the curse?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Yunior rooms with Oscar in college. Why does Yunior room with Oscar when he doesn't really like him?

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