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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 serious illness does Maria come down with in the homeless shelter?
(a) Yellow Fever.
(b) TB.
(c) Dengue.
(d) Pneumonia.
2. Who tells Peralta he got into Collegiate?
(a) Mr. Breimer.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Ms. Heyman.
(d) Maria.
3. Who is the sidekick of the boy who bullies Peralta in Chapter 5?
(a) Rick.
(b) Merly.
(c) Geno.
(d) Mouseface.
4. Where do Peralta and Yando look forward to eating as a very special treat during the time they spend in the homeless shelter?
(a) Burger King.
(b) Chipotle.
(c) Mack's.
(d) McDonald's.
5. Why does Peralta's mother initially travel to the USA?
(a) To apply for a new job.
(b) For healthcare for her pregnancy.
(c) To visit her sister.
(d) To visit her mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Peralta's eighth-grade English teacher?
2. What public school does Peralta attend in New York City?
3. What phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?
4. What do the older kids at Resurrection call Peralta when they make fun of him?
5. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. Why does Peralta's family end up in a homeless shelter in Part I?
6. Why does one of Maria's friends think that Peralta might not be her son?
7. In Part I, what is one of Peralta's early negative experiences with police?
8. Why do Peralta's parents go their separate ways in the early 1990s?
9. When does Peralta first realize he and his mother do not have papeles (papers)?
10. Why does Peralta decide he wants to attend an Ivy League school?
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