Buried Onions - Days 2&3

What does Eddie do to make money?

• he stencils address numbers on curbs

• He cuts grass and rakes leaves

• he washes cars at a local car wash

• he sells homemade tamales door-to-door

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How does Eddie describe the North side of Fresno?

• there's more money, green lawns and flowers

• it's run-down with cracked sidewalks and onions growing everywhere

• it's filled with industrial buildings and empty lots

• it's crowded with apartment complexes and busy streets

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What does the color of the towel that Eddie dries his face on remind him of?

• the orange city worker vest

• his mother's yellow kitchen curtains

• the red brick of his school building

• the blue uniform of the mailman

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Why does Lupe want to talk to Eddie?

• He has a message: Angel wants to see him

• He wants to ask him for a soda

• He wants to borrow money for lunch

• He wants to play videogames

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Why does Angel want to see Eddie?

• to convince him to get revenge on the guy who killed his cousin

• to tell him where to find a better job

• to borrow money for lunch

• ask him to be his best man at his wedding

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What does Eddie's aunt, Dolores, think he should do about Jesús' death?

• avenge the death of her son

• forget about it and move on with his life

• call the police and let them handle it

• pray for forgiveness and turn the other cheek

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When Eddie goes to see Angel, he's so nervous that he starts sweating and compares himself to

• the Ganges River

• a rotten onion

• Niagara Falls

• a sprinkler system

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What does Eddie think of respect?

• too many people get killed over it

• it's the most important thing in life

• it's something you earn through hard work

• You can’t survive without it

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What kind of work did Eddie do for the old man on the North Side?

• move a big old air conditioner

• paint his fence and cut the grass

• clean out his garage and basement

• repair his broken porch steps

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How much did the old man pay Eddie for moving the air conditioner?

• nothing

• A can of paint

• 1 dollar

• ten dollars and a cold soda

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