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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. Which of the following is NOT a benefit the leaders had by exploiting younger gangsters?

2. What was the location of the shoot-our in #148?

3. The Latin Disciples had the leaders of which gang arrested?

4. How many times was Rosie stabbed in the face and chest?

5. When Reymundo was promoted to Junior King in the Latin Kings, he sold marijuana and committed burglaries with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Kings decide to get revenge on a coalition of other gangs for Morena's death instead of the Imperials who actually killed her?

2. What did Reymundo and Loca do as an act of revenge for Juni's death?

3. Why did Rosie pretend to be in love with Reymundo?

4. What was the incredible bit of luck Reymundo had when viciously confronted by a Latin Lovers gang member?

5. What were Reymundo's life and status in the gang when he started to hang out with the Kings' leaders?

6. Why did Reymundo no longer want to join a gang, and why did he go through with it anyway?

7. What happened to Rosie for trying to set up Reymundo for a hit?

8. Why did the white, middle-class kids in the suburbs not make it in gangs?

9. What was meant by "violating out"?

10. Why did Jenny not want to have sex with Reymundo, and who did he have sex with instead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the cultural climate in America in the late 1970s and 1980s and why the time was right for gangs to become more prevalent in cities like Chicago. What were the trends in America at the time? Why was gang life the only option for so many young people in America's large cities?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Reymundo. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about the narrator?

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