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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 do Hector and Mando position at the stairwell?

2. How many messages are on Julio's answering machine when he and the boys get home?

3. Freddie says he had the right to rob the truck because _____________________.

4. Hector and Mando can best be described as ________________.

5. What time is Julio having dinner with Vicky?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the group have dinner and why are the boys told to order light?

2. Why has the author inserted the phone messages from a crazy girlfriend of Julio's former roommate, Rick?

3. Why does Vicky apologize to the boys again and what do she and the boys do at the apartment that takes all night?

4. How are Hector and Mando finally able to capture and tie up the robbers?

5. How does Hector's innocence exhibit when he is scared and trying to convince himself that the robbers are not coming after them?

6. How does Uncle Julio take control of the situation when he arrives home?

7. Where do Hector and Mando see Freddie and Huey and how can they identify them?

8. Why is Uncle Julio afraid when he hears Freddie's voice on the answering machine?

9. What does the budding relationship between Uncle and Vicky represent?

10. Why does Julio prevent Hector from calling the police after the boys have seen the robbers in Dr. Femur's office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for the characters' lives. Where will they be living? Will Julio be married to Vicky? What other changes do your foresee? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mr. Inouye. What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Mr. Inouye's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Mando. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

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