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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 serious illness does Maria come down with in the homeless shelter?
(a) TB.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Dengue.

2. What phrase does Maria use to describe the thing she does not want Peralta or Yando to become?
(a) Maralta.
(b) Tiguere.
(c) Bonito.
(d) Yaz.

3. What illness does Peralta get while living in the shelter?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Chicken Pox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Diptheria.

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

5. Who is married to Peralta's Tia Mercedes?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Ricky.
(c) Jose.
(d) Roberto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the people taking care of Peralta and Yando when their mother is hospitalized in Part II?

2. What classic story does Peralta read his first summer at Prep?

3. What sports team does Peralta try out for at Collegiate?

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

5. What does Peralta most like to do as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When does Peralta first realize he and his mother do not have papeles (papers)?

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

5. Why does Peralta's family end up in a homeless shelter in Part I?

6. What upsets Peralta during his early days at Prep?

7. What does Peralta do on his flight to New York City as a small child that endears him to people?

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

9. What early literature assignment at Collegiate captivates Peralta, and why?

10. What it is a tradition for Peralta to ask his mother for before he goes to school each morning?

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