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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 refers to swine?
(a) Cochino.
(b) Diablito.
(c) Verde.
(d) Tonto.

2. Who requests Eddie's assistance with painting the lines on the field in Chapter 5?
(a) Norma.
(b) Mr. Stiles.
(c) Coach.
(d) Samuel.

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) Nalgas.
(b) Raza.
(c) Mijo.
(d) Paleta.

4. Who does Eddie go looking for in a gangster-ridden area in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) José.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Angel.
(d) Lupe.

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

6. What is the name of Eddie’s godmother’s dog in the narrative?
(a) Queenie.
(b) Champ.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Roscoe.

7. Who whacks Eddie from behind while he is at Angel’s home in Chapter 8?
(a) Jesus
(b) Jose.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Coach.

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

9. When Coach takes Eddie to a “secret” spot in Chapter 7, he realizes it is the same place that he and other high school kids went to do to what?
(a) Study.
(b) Make out.
(c) Go hiking.
(d) Use drugs.

10. Eddie accuses Angel of killing whom in Chapter 8?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Jose.
(c) Coach.
(d) Jesus.

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

12. In terms of the plot of the novel, Chapter 8 marks what transition?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Climax.

13. What Spanish word from the novel refers to race, breed, or strain?
(a) Raza.
(b) Tejano.
(c) Paleta.
(d) Nalgas.

14. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means alert, ready, or sharp?
(a) Changos.
(b) Chale.
(c) Tejano.
(d) Chale.

15. The former peer from high school that Eddie encounters in Chapter 6 is described by him as loving what kind of music?
(a) Reggae.
(b) Rap.
(c) Heavy metal
(d) Blues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish adjective from the novel means henpecked, traitorous, or disloyal?

2. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means fat or portly?

3. What literary term refers to the use of “onions” in the novel?

4. What in literature refers to incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another - Fathers to Sons, Bosses to Employees, Slaves to Masters, etc.?

5. Who, along with Coach, invites Eddie to go on a trip in Chapter 7?

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