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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. What food did Peralta love during his first winter in America?

2. What year was the Collegiate school founded?

3. In Chapter 6, which of the following was not at its peak when Peralta completed his first summer at Prep?

4. Who is Peralta's eighth-grade English teacher?

5. Who is the only one in Peralta's family eligible for federal assistance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was Peralta's and his family's main holiday diversion during his childhood while they lived in the homeless shelter?

4. Why is Peralta's mother reluctant to return to the Dominican Republic?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What differences does Peralta feel between his neighborhood in Harlem and the Upper West Side, where his private school is located?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does hearing some of his Princeton classmates' hard-line views on immigration change Peralta's ideas about his own role in the country's immigration debate? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, how does Peralta describe his interactions with girls and women he is interested in romantically? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the impact that Jeff has on both Peralta's and Yando's lives, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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