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

2. What is one of the insults Peralta's Prep classmates make towards him?
(a) He looks like a broke-ass marine.
(b) He looks like a ghetto kid.
(c) He looks like a sickly gymnast.
(d) He looks like a fatherless kid.

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

4. What term of affection does Peralta's father use for him routinely?
(a) Libra.
(b) Triunfador.
(c) Hombre.
(d) Bonito.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Father Michael take some of the Resurrection kids in Chapter 7?

2. What sports team does Peralta try out for at Collegiate?

3. What year was the Collegiate school founded?

4. Where does Maria pick up the money Peralta's father sends to them?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Peralta first realize he and his mother do not have papeles (papers)?

2. What early literature assignment at Collegiate captivates Peralta, and why?

3. What was Peralta's and his family's main holiday diversion during his childhood while they lived in the homeless shelter?

4. What does Peralta do on his flight to New York City as a small child that endears him to people?

5. What do Peralta and the other boys at Resurrection like to do with Father Michael?

6. How does Peralta feel after visiting a Collegiate classmate's home for the first time?

7. How does Peralta's family afford to eat when he and Yando are young children and his mother can not work for lack of papers?

8. What differences does Peralta feel between his neighborhood in Harlem and the Upper West Side, where his private school is located?

9. What does Peralta have to work on before he applies to Collegiate in Part II?

10. Why do Peralta and Yando keep their shoes on in the shower at the homeless shelter?

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