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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the tuition at Collegiate when Peralta applies there?
(a) $16,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $10,000.

2. What program helps Peralta and his family afford food?
(a) WIC.
(b) RLA.
(c) PRC.
(d) MIT.

3. What had Maria done for a living in The Dominican Republic?
(a) Taught.
(b) Managed a pension fund.
(c) Practiced medicine.
(d) Practiced law.

4. What book does Peralta's class read in eighth grade English?
(a) Elie Wiesel's Night.
(b) Richard Henry's Last.
(c) William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
(d) James Joyce's Dubliners.

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

6. What term of affection does Maria routinely use towards Peralta?
(a) Bonito.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Kid.
(d) Mi'jo.

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

8. How old was Peralta when his parents first visited the USA?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. Where does someone encourage Peralta to apply for high school?
(a) Rohandry.
(b) Padilla Prep.
(c) Collegiate.
(d) Assumption Prep.

10. What do Peralta's Collegiate classmates make fun of him about that makes him very angry?
(a) His mother's name and ethnicity.
(b) His brother.
(c) His dark skin.
(d) His not having a father.

11. 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 mother.
(b) Maria's brother.
(c) Peralta's father.
(d) Maria's father.

12. 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.

13. What small think is Peralta proud of himself for not doing when the bully hit him?
(a) Falling down.
(b) Limping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Bleeding.

14. Where does Peralta live while he attends high school?
(a) The Lower West Side.
(b) The Lower East Side.
(c) Spanish Harlem.
(d) The Upper West Side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?

2. Where is the homeless shelter where Peralta and his family spend some time during his youth?

3. How much older is Peralta's father than his mother?

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

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

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