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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the older kids at Resurrection call Peralta when they make fun of him?
(a) A thirst bucket.
(b) A ghetto boy.
(c) A harlem wank.
(d) A moocher.

2. What drug plagues Peralta's neighborhood in Harlem?
(a) Crack.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Fentanyl.
(d) Marijuana.

3. Who is the first friend at Collegiate that Peralta goes home with?
(a) Steven.
(b) Rollo.
(c) Nick.
(d) Randy.

4. What is strange about Yando for a long period in his childhood?
(a) He eats only yellow food.
(b) He talks very rarely.
(c) He wears only shorts, even in winter.
(d) He never wears shoes.

5. What does Peralta call the blessings he asks his mother for each morning?
(a) Betrothals.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Benedicion.
(d) Bestowals.

6. What sport does Peralta play with some friends from Resurrection?
(a) Golf.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Soccer.

7. Who is the sidekick of the boy who bullies Peralta in Chapter 5?
(a) Mouseface.
(b) Rick.
(c) Merly.
(d) Geno.

8. Whose backpack does Peralta hide in Chapter 6?
(a) Juan's.
(b) Nick's.
(c) Bob's.
(d) Stephen's.

9. In Chapter 7, what does Peralta do with his friends that he later has doubts about?
(a) Break into someone's apartment to steal money.
(b) Figures out how to disarm security systems.
(c) Tracks down a woman they heard gives blow jobs for five dollars.
(d) Tracks down a contact to sell them drugs.

10. Who is the Dominican leader Peralta's mother tells him was evil?
(a) Marshall Rodelio.
(b) Mando Josilio.
(c) Ricky Martino.
(d) Rafael Trujilo.

11. Who is one of the people taking care of Peralta and Yando when their mother is hospitalized in Part II?
(a) Richie.
(b) Jose.
(c) Sini.
(d) Wren.

12. Who does Peralta meet at an arts program who takes Peralta and Yando under his wing?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jose.
(c) Martin.
(d) Jeff.

13. Where does Father Michael take some of the Resurrection kids in Chapter 7?
(a) Disney World.
(b) The Grand Canyon.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Paris.

14. What is the name of one of Peralta's aunts in New York City?
(a) Altagracia.
(b) Isobel.
(c) Maria.
(d) Beatrice.

15. How much older is Peralta's father than his mother?
(a) 10 years.
(b) They are the same age.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peralta's eighth-grade English teacher?

2. What does Peralta use as identification for boarding the plane in Chapter 7?

3. Who is the only one in Peralta's family eligible for federal assistance?

4. What book does Peralta's class read in eighth grade English?

5. Whose funeral takes place in the Dominican Republic that Maria is unable to attend because of her lack of papers in the U.S.?

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