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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. In Chapter 5, what is Peralta's reading assignment for the summer from Prep?
(a) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(b) Nicholas Nickleby.
(c) A Light in the Forest.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

2. Who is the only one in Peralta's family eligible for federal assistance?
(a) Yando.
(b) Peralta.
(c) Maria.
(d) Peralta's father.

3. Where does Father Michael take some of the Resurrection kids in Chapter 7?
(a) The Grand Canyon.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) Disney World.

4. What do the older kids at Resurrection call Peralta when they make fun of him?
(a) A moocher.
(b) A ghetto boy.
(c) A thirst bucket.
(d) A harlem wank.

5. Who is the first friend at Collegiate that Peralta goes home with?
(a) Steven.
(b) Randy.
(c) Rollo.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peralta's eighth-grade English teacher?

2. What program helps Peralta and his family afford food?

3. How much is the tuition at Collegiate when Peralta applies there?

4. What book does Peralta's class read in eighth grade English?

5. What school offers Peralta a place for high school, but no financial aid?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Peralta's parents go their separate ways in the early 1990s?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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