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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. Whose backpack does Peralta hide in Chapter 6?

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

3. Who is married to Peralta's Tia Mercedes?

4. What is one of the insults Peralta's Prep classmates make towards him?

5. What term of affection does Peralta's father use for him routinely?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Peralta's family afford to eat when he and Yando are young children and his mother can not work for lack of papers?

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

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

7. Why does Peralta's family first come to America?

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

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

10. How does Peralta feel after visiting a Collegiate classmate's home for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Peralta so reluctant to visit Father Michael when he is terminally ill with cancer, and how does he feel about his decision not to visit Father Michael after Father Michael's death? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Peralta decides to shoplift from the record store with his friends, and how does the experience of getting caught change his behavior? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Peralta become so interested in books and literature, and what does education come to symbolize for him as he matures? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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