Amigo Brothers-RMS

In "Amigo Brothers," what do both Antonio and Felix dream of becoming someday?

• a boxing trainer
• a lightweight champion
• the owner of a gym
• the director of the Boys Club

Antonio and Felix have a collection of "Fight" magazines and scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings and tickets from boxing matches. Based on this information what can you infer about the boys?

• They spend too much money on magazines
• They should invest in new scrapbooks
• They are extremely interested in boxing
• They are the very best of friends.

Felix says that he and Antonio have to act like strangers when they box each other. What inference can you draw from that statement?

• They do not want to let their friendship get in the way of winning.
• They do not want the spectators to know that they are friends.
• Boxers who know their opponents do not usually win championships.
• Boxes who know each other are not permitted to fight each other.

What inference about Antonio and Felix can you draw from this passage? "The announcer turned to point to the winner and found himself alone. Arm in arm the champions had already left the ring."

• They care more about their friendship than about who has won the fight.
• They are too beaten up to wait to hear the announcement of the winner.
• They will both represent the Boys Club in the championship tournament.
• They are grateful that the fight is over and have gone to their dressing rooms.

What is the meaning of the word dispelled in this sentence from "Amigo Brothers?" "If Felix had any small doubt about their friendship affecting their fight, it was being neatly dispelled."

• increased
• confirmed
• driven away
• thought over

What inference can you draw from this speech that Felix makes to Antonio in "Amigo Brothers?" "When we get into the ring its gotta be like we never met. We gotta be like two heavy strangers that want the same thing and only one can have it. You understand, don'tcha?"

• Felix believes that they would be happier if they had never become friends.
• Felix believes that after the match they will be strangers to each other.
• Felix believes that after the match they will no longer be friends.
• Felix believes that they must not think about their friendship during the match.

In "Amigo Brothers," why do Felix and Antonio agree not to see each other until after the match?

• They are ready to fight each other.
• They are angry with each other.
• Each wants to focus on the match rather than on their friendship.
• Each is afraid the other will discover something about his fighting style.

At the end of the boxing match, the narrator of "Amigo Brothers" says that Felix and Antonio "would always be champions to each other." What is the meaning of that statement?

• The boys will always think highly of each other.
• Both contestants have won the match.
• Both boys will become championship boxers.
• They boys are relieved that the fight is over.

What do Antonio and Felix have in common throughout the story?

• Both are tall and lean.
• Both have a long reach.
• Both want to fight fairly and win.
• Each thinks the other is the better fighter.

"Amigo Brothers" is written from what perspective?

• Third person
• Second person
• First person
• Fourth person