View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peralta's advisor at Collegiate for college applications?

2. What is the legislation that would provide Peralta with a path to citizenship if passed?

3. Where does Father Michael leave Resurrection for?

4. How does Peralta handle the question of his immigration status when he applies to Princeton?

5. Who does Peralta have romantic feelings for in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Peralta applies to be an advisor at Prep?

2. Why is the name of the student campus center at Princeton a reminder to Peralta of his immigration troubles?

3. Who are most of Peralta's friends during his first semester at Princeton?

4. Who criticizes Peralta for his dating habits, and why?

5. How does Peralta react when his father returns to the Dominican Republic after a very brief visit?

6. How does Yando react to Peralta's academic success?

7. What helps Peralta avoid the awkwardness of having to explain why he does not have a Social Security number at Princeton?

8. What do the neighborhood gangs offer to kids like Peralta to entice them to join?

9. How does Nick react when Peralta tells him about his immigration status?

10. Why does Peralta choose public policy as his minor at Princeton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do you think Peralta finally agrees to be interviewed for Miriam's Wall Street Journal article about his immigration situation, despite the risks? Does the aftermath of the article's publication turn out as he expected? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of physical problems do Peralta and his family begin to develop as a result of their squalid living conditions in the early parts of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 699 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample