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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 impresses Peralta's Sunday school teacher in Part II?
(a) He can recite Bible verses.
(b) His Italian is very good.
(c) He knows the Pope's full name.
(d) He is very good at sports.

2. What is one of the insults Peralta's Prep classmates make towards him?
(a) He looks like a fatherless kid.
(b) He looks like a broke-ass marine.
(c) He looks like a ghetto kid.
(d) He looks like a sickly gymnast.

3. Where do Peralta and Yando look forward to eating as a very special treat during the time they spend in the homeless shelter?
(a) Chipotle.
(b) Burger King.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Mack's.

4. What term of affection does Maria routinely use towards Peralta?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Bonito.
(c) Mi'jo.
(d) Kid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Jeff buy for Peralta for his tenth birthday?

2. What is the name of Peralta's family's church through most of his youth?

3. Where was Peralta born?

4. Who is married to Peralta's Tia Mercedes?

5. What illness does Peralta get while living in the shelter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Peralta feel after visiting a Collegiate classmate's home for the first time?

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

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

6. Why does Peralta decide he wants to attend an Ivy League school?

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

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

9. What does Peralta do at Resurrection Sunday school to make the teacher want to introduce him to the priest?

10. Why does Peralta's mother tell him he needs to be prepared for something happening to her?

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