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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Sparrows Falling from the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ari get for his birthday when he was in the sixth grade?
(a) Baseball glove and a typewriter.
(b) Baseball bat.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Football glove and a globe.

2. In Section 1, Chapter 5, how does Dante play music?
(a) Television.
(b) Radio.
(c) Record player.
(d) Cassettes.

3. How many nieces and nephews does Ari have?
(a) 1 niece and 1 nephew.
(b) 4 nieces and 6 nephews.
(c) 2 nieces and 1 nephew.
(d) 3 nieces and 4 nephews.

4. What does the narrator's mother's occupation in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) High school teacher.
(c) Middle school teacher.
(d) Librarian.

5. When did Buddy Holly and Richie Valens die in a plane crash?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on Ari's t-shirt in Section 1, Chapter 2?

2. What are boys shooting with a BB gun in Section 1, Chapter 12?

3. In Section 1, Chapter 11, what do Ari and Dante throw in a game they make up to play together?

4. How old is the narrator in Section 1, Chapter 1?

5. Why does Dante say that he speak funny?

(see the answer key)

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