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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 term of affection does Maria routinely use towards Peralta?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Kid.
(c) Bonito.
(d) Mi'jo.
2. Who is Peralta's Sunday school teacher in Part II?
(a) Robin.
(b) Marcos.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Bob.
3. What food did Peralta love during his first winter in America?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Beans.
(d) Ketchup.
4. What phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?
(a) Bonito.
(b) Maralta.
(c) Yaz.
(d) Tiguere.
5. Which senator does Peralta begin the book with a quote from?
(a) Senator Nancy Pelosi.
(b) Senator Jeff Sessions.
(c) Senator Hillary Clinton.
(d) Senator Mitt Romney.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Peralta born?
2. Which musical group does Peralta claim to his classmates at Collegiate he listens to, even though he does not?
3. Where does someone encourage Peralta to apply for high school?
4. What sports team does Peralta try out for at Collegiate?
5. Who is married to Peralta's Tia Mercedes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Peralta's mother tell him he needs to be prepared for something happening to her?
2. What it is a tradition for Peralta to ask his mother for before he goes to school each morning?
3. Why do Peralta's parents go their separate ways in the early 1990s?
4. 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?
5. What is Maria scared that Peralta and Yando might become?
6. What differences does Peralta feel between his neighborhood in Harlem and the Upper West Side, where his private school is located?
7. What does Peralta have to work on before he applies to Collegiate in Part II?
8. What upsets Peralta during his early days at Prep?
9. What do Peralta and the other boys at Resurrection like to do with Father Michael?
10. What kind of support network does Peralta's family have in America when they first arrive?
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