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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Eddie returns to his apartment after leaving Mr. Stiles’s home in Chapter 3, his mother and what aunt arrive for a visit?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Norma.

3. How old is Eddie’s mother in Chapter 3?
(a) Her 60s.
(b) Her 50s.
(c) Her 80s.
(d) Her 70s.

4. How many of Eddie’s uncles does he claim have died in Chapter 1?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man selling onions that José and Eddie encounter in Chapter 4 is selling them for how much per sack?

2. Angel visits Eddie and shows him what in Chapter 3?

3. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?

4. When he is given a special task by Mr. Stiles in Chapter 2, Eddie is overjoyed that Mr. Stiles trusts him to borrow what?

5. Eddie’s mother and aunt try to convince Eddie to date a local girl who is a good catch to them because she has only one what in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddie’s aunt bring him daily in Chapter 1? Why?

2. What does Eddie’s job entail generally? Who greets him when he arrives home from work in Chapter 1?

3. What errand does Mr. Stiles ask Eddie to do in Chapter 2?

4. What does Eddie discover at the dump in Chapter 2?

5. What leads to Mr. Stiles’s truck being stolen in Chapter 2?

6. What additional item does Eddie’s aunt bring him with tortillas in Chapter 2? Why?

7. Why does Angel visit Eddie in Chapter 3? How does Eddie respond?

8. How does Eddie respond to the news about Jesús’s murder in Chapter 4?

9. What is Angel’s objective with Eddie in Chapter 1?

10. How is the relationship between Eddie and José described in Chapter 4?

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