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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peralta's little brother's name?
(a) Mando.
(b) Lando.
(c) Yando.
(d) Frankie.

2. Why does Father Michael tell Peralta the Resurrection kids make fun of him?
(a) Because he has no legal immigration status.
(b) Because of his very dark skin.
(c) Because he is smarter than they are, and they are jealous.
(d) Because he has no father.

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

4. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?
(a) St. Brigit's.
(b) Malay's.
(c) Assumption.
(d) Resurrection.

5. What sport does Peralta like to watch with his father as a child?
(a) Football.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Tennis.

6. What day does Peralta's father leave the United States for good?
(a) December 25, 1990.
(b) July 30, 1997.
(c) March 3, 1995.
(d) January 31, 1993.

7. Whose funeral takes place in the Dominican Republic that Maria is unable to attend because of her lack of papers in the U.S.?
(a) Maria's brother.
(b) Maria's father.
(c) Maria's mother.
(d) Peralta's father.

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

9. What new job does Maria start in Chapter 7?
(a) House cleaning.
(b) Personal trainer.
(c) Food preparation.
(d) Accountant.

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

11. Which kid starts bullying Peralta because Peralta is interested in his girlfriend?
(a) Merly.
(b) Frank.
(c) Rick.
(d) Geno.

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

13. Where is Peralta's first apartment after leaving the homeless shelter with his family?
(a) Catherine Street.
(b) Maynard.
(c) Jefferson Street.
(d) Bradhurst.

14. What does Peralta use as identification for boarding the plane in Chapter 7?
(a) A school ID.
(b) A forged birth certificate.
(c) A driver's license.
(d) A passport.

15. What classical character does Peralta most closely identify with in Chapter 5?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peralta meet at an arts program who takes Peralta and Yando under his wing?

2. What food did Peralta love during his first winter in America?

3. Who is one of the people taking care of Peralta and Yando when their mother is hospitalized in Part II?

4. What term of affection does Peralta's father use for him routinely?

5. Where does someone encourage Peralta to apply for high school?

(see the answer keys)

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