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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. In Chapter 4, who is Patricia in the given text?
(a) Enrique’s aunt.
(b) Enrique’s mother.
(c) Enrique’s neighbor.
(d) Enrique’s teacher.

2. In Chapter 4, who is talking to Andrés when he is overcome by emotions?
(a) Andrés's dad.
(b) Andrés's brother.
(c) Paul.
(d) Jeremy.

3. In Chapter 1, what encourages Andrés to attend the high school anniversary event?
(a) He is interested in attending these events.
(b) There are sidewalks available.
(c) He wants to revive the past.
(d) He is in town helping his elderly parents.

4. In Chapter 4, when Rosario and Álvaro confront Henry about his failing grades, how does he inform them?
(a) He rents a balloon.
(b) He surprises them.
(c) He does care.
(d) He does not care.

5. In Chapter 6, why does Andrés feel like being liked by everyone is a drug?
(a) Because he enjoys the attention.
(b) Because he is addicted to drugs.
(c) Because he has a lot of friends.
(d) Because he feels pressure to fit in.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Patty is kind to Enrique, encouraging him to go to where?

2. In Chapter 1, where did Andrés's parents meet?

3. In Chapter 5, why does the protagonist feel like he does not have enough role models or affirmation?

4. In Chapter 8, what is the name of the psychiatric hospital where Andrés visits Simone?

5. In Chapter 5, who enters when Jeremy tells Andrés that he’s a minister now?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what happened on Halloween to Andrés and his friends? Who were the assailants?

2. In Chapter 6, how does the social and economic background of Andrés and his classmates affect their relationships and self-perception?

3. In Chapter 2, how did Álvaro and Rosario afford their new home?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Andrés's mother refuse her offer to supplement her pension?

5. In Chapter 6, what role does religion play in Andrés's school and how does it affect the students' sense of community and belonging?

6. In Chapter 6, what does Andrés think of his own racial identity, and why does he feel that way?

7. In Chapter 7, what does the description of the mother's appearance reveal about her personality and character? How does her appearance change throughout the story?

8. In Chapter 2, what kind of neighborhood were Álvaro and Rosario on the rooftop of?

9. In Chapter 7, how does the narrator's relationship with his mother compare to his relationship with his father? What are the differences and similarities between the two relationships?

10. In Chapter 3, how does Andrés feel about his past behavior towards Nicole and what does he feel the need to do about it?

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