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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do a younger gang leader and his friends show Eddie in order to threaten him as he paints lines on the field in Chapter 5?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Swords.

2. The girl who calls Eddie in Chapter 3 invites him to come to her house to do what?
(a) Go on a date.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Study.

3. What Spanish word from the novel refers to millet, or a type of grass that is cultivated for its grain and mostly used as fodder?
(a) Raza.
(b) Nalgas.
(c) Paleta.
(d) Mijo.

4. When Eddie arrives as his godmother’s house in Chapter 5, he calls whom to ask for money?
(a) His mother.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Juan.
(d) Norma.

5. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?
(a) External conflict.
(b) Relational conflict.
(c) Integral conflict.
(d) Internal conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eddie go to see in Fresno after visiting with Coach in Chapter 6?

2. Everyone believes that Eddie has done what in the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What aunt brings Eddie food in Chapter 2?

4. Chapter 8 begins with Eddie imagining he keeps hearing what?

5. Eddie accuses Angel of killing whom in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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