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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pests inhabit Eddie’s apartment much to his chagrin in the novel?
(a) Howler monkeys.
(b) Rats.
(c) Ants.
(d) Cockroaches.

2. What is the name of Eddie’s aunt who brings him tortillas every day in Chapter 1?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Norma.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Delores.

3. What term refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Cataclysm.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Exposition.

4. In what area of the city is Eddie’s apartment, as described in Chapter 1?
(a) The southeast.
(b) The northwest.
(c) The west.
(d) The north.

5. What term is used as reference to U.S. citizens of Mexican descent?
(a) Hombre.
(b) Chicano.
(c) El timbre.
(d) Senior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eddie believes that the students at the local college who are studying to be what are the lucky ones in Chapter 1?

2. Eddie’s cousin was murdered by a stranger after making a comment about the stranger’s what?

3. What inexpensive food does Eddie typically live off of in the novel?

4. When did author Gary Soto earn his B.A. degree in English?

5. What is the name of Eddie’s best friend from high school who has been murdered in the novel?

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