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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do José and Eddie go to the hospital in Chapter 8?
(a) To have Eddie’s stitches removed
(b) To have José’s stitches removed
(c) To see Aunt Delores.
(d) To see Angel.

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

3. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to a mouse?
(a) Changos.
(b) Cholitos.
(c) Ratoncito.
(d) Comadre.

4. When Eddie goes to Angel’s house in Chapter 8, he enters how?
(a) Through the back yard.
(b) Through the window.
(c) Through the front door.
(d) Through the basement.

5. What local gangster solicits Eddie to help him avenge Eddie’s cousin’s death in Chapter 1?
(a) Angel.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Larry.
(d) José.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrative point-of-view of Buried Onions?

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

3. When was the novel Buried Onions published?

4. What does Eddie refer to onions as in the novel?

5. Who does Eddie go looking for in a gangster-ridden area in the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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