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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 phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?
(a) Bonito.
(b) Yaz.
(c) Tiguere.
(d) Maralta.

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

3. 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) Peralta's father.
(c) Maria's father.
(d) Maria's mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term of affection does Maria routinely use towards Peralta?

2. Which musical group does Peralta claim to his classmates at Collegiate he listens to, even though he does not?

3. Who is the first friend at Collegiate that Peralta goes home with?

4. What do the older kids at Resurrection call Peralta when they make fun of him?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Peralta do with his friends that he later has doubts about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peralta's family first come to America?

2. In Part I, what is one of Peralta's early negative experiences with police?

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

4. Why does Peralta's mother have a falling out with her family in Chapter 1?

5. What is Maria scared that Peralta and Yando might become?

6. What does Peralta do at Resurrection Sunday school to make the teacher want to introduce him to the priest?

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

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

9. Why is Peralta's mother reluctant to return to the Dominican Republic?

10. What does Jeff suggest Peralta does that changes his life in Part II?

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