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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the narrator lived without for the first nine years of his life?
(a) Money
(b) A mother
(c) A car
(d) A father

2. What time of the year do the two boys visit their uncle?
(a) Autumn
(b) Christmas
(c) Summer
(d) Easter

3. What does Yunior say he now does instead of shoplifting?
(a) Date
(b) Drink
(c) Watch TV
(d) Take drugs

4. Who does the narrator say smells likes the wind through a tree?
(a) Ysrael
(b) Mami
(c) Papi
(d) Rafa

5. Which of the following type of food do they not serve at the party?
(a) Fried cheese
(b) Fried chicken
(c) Avocado
(d) Kim chi

6. What does pato mean in Spanish?
(a) Nuts
(b) Gay
(c) Fun
(d) Sex

7. Which character becomes loud and argumentative at the party?
(a) Mami
(b) Papi
(c) Yunior
(d) Rafa

8. Who supports the family while the father is gone?
(a) The grandmother
(b) An uncle
(c) The grandfather
(d) A priest

9. What kind of animal does Mami buy to slaughter?
(a) A goat
(b) A cow
(c) A sheep
(d) A pig

10. What does Yunior call his mother?
(a) Shadow warrior
(b) Beautino
(c) Ping
(d) Quiet splash

11. What part of his body does the narrator punch to wake himself up?
(a) His nose
(b) His eye
(c) His groin
(d) His stomach

12. What were Yunior and Beto robbing when security caught them?
(a) A bookstore
(b) A clothes store
(c) A cafe
(d) A jewelers

13. What did Mami used to give the narrator to eat before his father took him on car trips?
(a) Pastries
(b) Mints
(c) Toffees
(d) Fudge

14. What does the narrator compare his girlfriend's skinniness to?
(a) A twelve year old
(b) A pole
(c) A bulemic
(d) A rake

15. What country is the narrator's aunt and uncle moving to?
(a) USA
(b) Germany
(c) England
(d) Russia

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the narrator's father gone to?

2. What was the name of the neighbor Yunior used to play with?

3. What room does the narrator have to guard for his brother?

4. What state is Yunior's father living in?

5. What does Yunior imagine his father tracing on his cheek?

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