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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution did Eddie recently drop out of in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sierra College.
(b) Kern College.
(c) City College.
(d) Sequoia College.

2. Eddie’s cousin was murdered by a stranger after making a comment about the stranger’s what?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Lazy eye.
(c) Girlfriend.
(d) Hat.

3. What refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton?
(a) Yosemite Valley.
(b) The Sacramento Valley.
(c) The Shasta Valley.
(d) The San Joaquin Valley.

4. What had Eddie returned to City College to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Use the computers.
(b) Enroll in more classes.
(c) Sell his textbooks.
(d) Talk to a professor.

5. Chapter 2 ends with Eddie saying that the "east was one large bruise that was slowly becoming” what?
(a) “The night.”
(b) “Healed.”
(c) "Infected."
(d) “Winter.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Eddie’s mother and aunt give him to eat when they visit in Chapter 3?

2. Most of the residents of Eddie’s neighborhood are descended from what heritage?

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

4. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s residence when he does not return in Chapter 2?

5. Eddie compares his apartment as being “as quiet” as what and “just as smelly” in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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