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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie spot across the street from the breakfast café in Chapter 4?

2. What does Eddie ask his mother and aunt to do as he leaves his apartment in Chapter 3?

3. What is the name of Eddie’s aunt who brings him tortillas every day in Chapter 1?

4. What does Eddie leave at Mr. Stiles’s house along with a note in Chapter 3?

5. José tells the man selling onions that he will buy how many sacks in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who has stolen the truck in Chapter 2? What is Eddie’s response to the situation?

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

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

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

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

6. Who do Eddie’s aunt and mother try to get him to date in Chapter 3?

7. Who is Angel? How is he described in Chapter 1?

8. What do Eddie and José find when they stop to pick up onions after eating in Chapter 4?

9. Who is the protagonist of the book? How is his objective defined in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Angel in the narrative. How long have Eddie and Angel known one another? What are Angel’s objectives with Eddie? Why does Angel not choose to avenge his friend’s death on his own?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Aunt Delores in the novel. How close is Eddie to his aunt? Where does Delores live? What objective does Delores have in bringing Eddie tortillas? Do you think this makes her a likable character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of escape in the narrative. What are ways that Eddie seeks to escape the reality around him? How is escape illustrated in the characters at Holmes playground? How does the military represent escape to Eddie?

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