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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Motif.

2. When Eddie’s mother and aunt visit him in Chapter 3, they immediately begin searching his kitchen for what?
(a) Tortillas.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cat food.

3. What is the name of Juan’s sister in the barrio who is close to Eddie’s age?
(a) Norma.
(b) Belinda..
(c) Dolores.
(d) Gloria.

4. Who blames Eddie for what happened to José in Chapter 4?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Angel.
(c) Eddie's mother.
(d) José’s family.

5. What does José give to the onion seller’s children in Chapter 4?
(a) Some oranges.
(b) A pack of gum.
(c) Some money.
(d) A toy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What local gangster solicits Eddie to help him avenge Eddie’s cousin’s death in Chapter 1?

2. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

3. What younger gang leader tries to cause trouble with Eddie in Chapter 5?

4. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

5. Eddie’s aunt tells him that who will help him achieve the action she wants him to do in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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