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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 does Rosa get mad at Matt for?
(a) Killing her best friend.
(b) Giving her extra duties.
(c) Endangering Maria.
(d) Taking Willum away from her.

2. What makes Maria mad when she first sees Matt?
(a) He is locked up.
(b) He is short.
(c) He is not handsome.
(d) He does not talk.

3. What is Maria's gift to Matt?
(a) A poem.
(b) Taffy.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Books.

4. How does Matt get out of his house for the first time?
(a) He uses the crawl space.
(b) He goes up the chimney.
(c) He shatters a window.
(d) He knocks down the door.

5. Where is Celia's new apartment?
(a) In the school.
(b) At the big house.
(c) Near the city.
(d) In the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings did El Patron have?

2. Why does Matt fix what he does to Tom's place card at the birthday party?

3. What does Matt force Maria to do at the birthday party?

4. What does Matt tell Maria about while he eats his food?

5. What does Rosa tell Matt not to do as she leads him across the courtyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matt want to learn more about the opium empire?

2. What does Tam Lin praise Matt's teacher for?

3. What does Rosa do while she helps Matt when he is injured at the beginning of the book?

4. What is Mrs. Ortega hired to do?

5. What does Matt do when Tom comes to taunt him after his first time in the Big House?

6. How did Furball really die?

7. How does Rosa treat Matt once the doctor leaves?

8. Why was Maria able to forgive Matt after the birthday party?

9. What does Steven tell his siblings about Matt?

10. Where is Furball found when he goes missing before El Patron's birthday?

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