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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Peralta when his parents first visited the USA?

2. Where does Father Michael take some of the Resurrection kids in Chapter 7?

3. Which of the following high schools does Peralta apply to in Part II?

4. What does Peralta win a prize for in fourth grade?

5. What classical character does Peralta most closely identify with in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What it is a tradition for Peralta to ask his mother for before he goes to school each morning?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 family end up in a homeless shelter in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does hearing some of his Princeton classmates' hard-line views on immigration change Peralta's ideas about his own role in the country's immigration debate? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Peralta feel about his mother Maria's decision to begin doing domestic labor like house-cleaning due to her lack of legal immigration status? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Peralta seem to know fairly quickly that Missy is the right partner for him? What are some of the foundations of their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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