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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Eddie leaves from his visit with Coach, he goes home to do what in Chapter 6?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Call Norma.
(d) Eat dinner.

2. What does Eddie actually do with the paint cans he carries in the narrative?
(a) Paints bicycles.
(b) Paints houses.
(c) Paints graffiti on bridges.
(d) Paints addresses on curbs.

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

4. Where does Eddie’s godmother ask him to go with her in Chapter 5?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The SPCA.
(c) The pharmacy.
(d) Church.

5. What former peer from high school does Eddie encounter in Fresno in Chapter 6?
(a) Larry.
(b) José.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Juan.

6. What Spanish word used in Chapter 7 means gossip?
(a) Chale.
(b) Nalgas.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Verde.

7. What Spanish word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 means fat or portly?
(a) Mira.
(b) Gordito.
(c) Barrio.
(d) Comadre.

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

9. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means a kiss?
(a) Ratoncito.
(b) Besos.
(c) Comadre.
(d) Diablito.

10. Eddie goes along with Coach and a friend to travel and do what in Chapter 7?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Go rafting.
(c) Go hunting.
(d) Go camping.

11. What literary term refers to the use of “onions” in the novel?
(a) Motif.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

12. What Spanish slang word from the vocabulary in Chapter 6 refers to the backside or buttocks of a person?
(a) Besos.
(b) Chale.
(c) Nalgas.
(d) Paleta.

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

14. 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) Swords.
(d) Guns.

15. Who does Coach make a phone call in order to help Eddie in Chapter 6?
(a) Norma.
(b) Dolores.
(c) José.
(d) Mr. Stiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is visiting Angel when Eddie arrives in Chapter 8?

2. What is Eddie accused of when he is arrested in Chapter 6?

3. What Spanish word from Chapter 7 means foolish or silly?

4. For whom does Eddie go to work in Chapter 6?

5. 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?

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