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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 do the older kids at Resurrection call Peralta when they make fun of him?
(a) A harlem wank.
(b) A thirst bucket.
(c) A moocher.
(d) A ghetto boy.

2. Which fictional character does Peralta idolize in his youth for a time?
(a) Nicholas Nickleby.
(b) Dr. Strange.
(c) Spiderman.
(d) Edmond Dantes.

3. What year was the Collegiate school founded?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1628.
(d) 1900.

4. Who is Maria's friend who questions if Peralta is her son?
(a) Wren.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Millie.
(d) Rhonda.

5. What drug plagues Peralta's neighborhood in Harlem?
(a) Crack.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Fentanyl.
(d) Heroin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which musical group does Peralta claim to his classmates at Collegiate he listens to, even though he does not?

2. What new job does Maria start in Chapter 7?

3. Who is the first friend at Collegiate that Peralta goes home with?

4. Which train does Peralta take to see his aunts in the Bronx?

5. What illness does Peralta get while living in the shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peralta do at Resurrection Sunday school to make the teacher want to introduce him to the priest?

2. What does Peralta have to work on before he applies to Collegiate in Part II?

3. Why do Peralta and Yando keep their shoes on in the shower at the homeless shelter?

4. Why do Peralta's parents go their separate ways in the early 1990s?

5. What do Peralta and the other boys at Resurrection like to do with Father Michael?

6. What is Maria scared that Peralta and Yando might become?

7. Why does Peralta's mother neglect to stay in touch with her sisters for so long?

8. What kind of support network does Peralta's family have in America when they first arrive?

9. Why does one of Maria's friends think that Peralta might not be her son?

10. How does Peralta first realize his family is poor?

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