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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. Where does Lolly spend his afternoons on school days?
(a) After-school program.
(b) Playground.
(c) School.
(d) Bodega.

2. What gift does Yvonne give Lolly for Christmas?
(a) Blocks.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Toy cars.
(d) Legos.

3. Who is Yvonne?
(a) Sue-Ellen's girlfriend.
(b) Sue-Ellen's friend.
(c) Sue-Ellen's cousin.
(d) Sue-Ellen's mother.

4. What does Lolly's mother collect?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Pez dispensers.
(d) Plates.

5. What does Lolly's mother tell him to take down in Chapter 7?
(a) House of Moneekrom.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The mounted TV.
(d) The bookshelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is following the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

2. What girl from after-school does Lolly think is weird?

3. What is Three Kings?

4. Who does Lolly think about as he is building his Legos?

5. What does Concrete do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Lolly spend his afternoons on school days?

2. What does Lolly use the storage room at after-school for?

3. Who gets shot in front of a bodega?

4. Who is Butteray Jones?

5. Who is trying to get Vega's cousin to join their crew?

6. Who is Lolly?

7. What kind of candy does Sunny give Rose on Valentine's Day?

8. Who is Mr. Ali?

9. Who is following the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

10. What animal does Lolly encounter at the park in Chapter 13?

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