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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peralta have romantic feelings for in Chapter 14?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Melissa.

2. In Chapter 11, what does Maria get for Peralta for his birthday?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) An Apple Watch.
(c) An iPod.
(d) A cell phone.

3. Who invites Peralta especially to Princeton in Chapter 10?
(a) Dean Hargadon.
(b) Dean Klingle.
(c) Dean Ramon.
(d) Dean Wilton.

4. What does Peralta's father make them for breakfast in Chapter 10?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) Fried rice.
(c) Fried platanos.
(d) Huevos Rancheros.

5. What word does Peralta use to mean white girl?
(a) Blanquita.
(b) Chiquita.
(c) Bonita.
(d) Lolita.

6. What does Nick's father do for a living?
(a) He is a pastor.
(b) He is a congressperson.
(c) He is a communications specialist.
(d) He is a prosecutor in the district attorney's office.

7. Where is Carlos when Peralta's father returns in Chapter 10?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) Visiting friends in Europe.
(c) Back in the Dominican Republic.
(d) In jail.

8. Where does Nick go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Stanford.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

9. In Chapter 8, who does Peralta learn is Icarus's father?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Persues.

10. What slogan causes great consternation and debate on Princeton's campus in Chapter 14?
(a) Meet the Aliens - the Legal Ones.
(b) No Papers - Go Home.
(c) Illegals Out Now.
(d) River Crossings and Illegal Aliens.

11. Who is Peralta's faculty advisor?
(a) Professor Breimer.
(b) Professor Lucent.
(c) Professor Bennett.
(d) Professor Scrudge.

12. Why can Peralta not be paid for his work as an advisor in Chapter 8?
(a) He already has one job.
(b) He can not write checks.
(c) He does not have a Social Security number.
(d) He does not have a bank account.

13. What work of literature does Peralta take a freshman seminar on?
(a) Homer's Iliad.
(b) Dante's Inferno.
(c) Shakespeare's King Lear.
(d) Ovid's Metamorphoses.

14. Who does Peralta ask before agreeing to speak with the reporter about his life?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Tia Altagracia.
(c) His father.
(d) Maria.

15. What scholarship does Peralta win in Chapter 14?
(a) The Fulbright Scholarship.
(b) The Sachs Scholarship.
(c) The Rhodes Scholarship.
(d) The Bracing Scholarship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peralta reconnect with from his past in Chapter 13?

2. What does Yando do that shocks Peralta when Peralta comes home on break in Chapter 12?

3. Whose account of Icarus does Peralta read in tenth grade?

4. What does Princeton recommend Peralta do to try to correct his immigration status?

5. Which white friend of Peralta's invites him to meet up with some girls from their sister school?

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