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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 public school does Peralta attend in New York City?
(a) PS 200.
(b) PS 470.
(c) PS 340.
(d) PS 125.

2. Which of the following high schools does Peralta apply to in Part II?
(a) Robards-Winn.
(b) Assumption Prep.
(c) Allen-Stevenson.
(d) Marshall Prep.

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. Where is Peralta's first apartment after leaving the homeless shelter with his family?
(a) Bradhurst.
(b) Maynard.
(c) Jefferson Street.
(d) Catherine Street.

5. What is Peralta's little brother's name?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Yando.
(c) Mando.
(d) Lando.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friendly priest at Peralta's church who is very kind to Peralta?

2. What does Peralta call the blessings he asks his mother for each morning?

3. Who is Maria's friend who questions if Peralta is her son?

4. Who does Peralta's aunt introduce Maria to in the hopes that they will start a relationship in Part I?

5. What is strange about Yando for a long period in his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Peralta first realize his family is poor?

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

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

9. Why does one of Maria's friends think that Peralta might not be her son?

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

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