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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Luis's family have to put all of their possessions when they have to move after the father loses his job?
(a) The garage.
(b) A storage locker.
(c) They sell them.
(d) They leave them behind.

2. What was injured in the fight that prompted police to respond?
(a) Seni.
(b) Seni's husband.
(c) The mother.
(d) Luis.

3. Who does Luis jump with the Lomas?
(a) A group of kids from his high school.
(b) A group of Mexicans.
(c) Another gang.
(d) A group of whites.

4. What is the gang's connection to the vacant lot?
(a) They sell it.
(b) They never go near it.
(c) The gang has claimed it as their own.
(d) They rent it.

5. What type of job does Luis's father get in the flashback in the beginning of the book that prompts him to buy a better home and other things?
(a) A factory worker.
(b) A substitute teaching position.
(c) A union job.
(d) A principal position.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Yuk-yuk get his nickname?

2. When the leader of The Animal tribe was killed, who was pregnant?

3. Which gang member is shot in the face near the vacant lot?

4. Who is often ill in the family?

5. Who tells Luis new information about Roberta?

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