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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 new job does Maria start in Chapter 7?
(a) Food preparation.
(b) House cleaning.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Personal trainer.

2. Who is the friendly priest at Peralta's church who is very kind to Peralta?
(a) Father Steven.
(b) Father Robart.
(c) Father Finn.
(d) Father Michael.

3. Who does Peralta's aunt introduce Maria to in the hopes that they will start a relationship in Part I?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Jose.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Frankie.

4. What activity at Collegiate does Peralta join in ninth grade?
(a) The hockey team.
(b) The fencing team.
(c) The debate team.
(d) The chess club.

5. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Assumption.
(c) Malay's.
(d) St. Brigit's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kid starts bullying Peralta because Peralta is interested in his girlfriend?

2. What impresses Peralta's Sunday school teacher in Part II?

3. Who is the Dominican leader Peralta's mother tells him was evil?

4. What food did Peralta love during his first winter in America?

5. What term of affection does Peralta's father use for him routinely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Peralta during his early days at Prep?

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

3. Why does Peralta's family end up in a homeless shelter in Part I?

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

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

6. Why does Peralta decide not to tell his mother about his breathing problems in Part II?

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

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

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

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

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