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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nardo have a hard time climbing inside his bedroom window when he was trying to sneak back inside the house?
(a) Because the window was stuck and would not open wider.
(b) Because Manny had moved the milk crate that Nardo used as a ladder.
(c) Because he was afraid of heights.
(d) Because he was drunk.

2. What is one solution that Manny did NOT wish Rebecca would choose in response to Manuel's attempt to shoot her?
(a) Run off by herself, leaving the family behind.
(b) Leave Manuel for good.
(c) Go live with Grandma Rosa for a while.
(d) Kick Manuel out of the house.

3. What unusual items did Lencho mention that Miss Van der Meer had in her classroom?
(a) Boom boxes.
(b) Beanbag chairs.
(c) Couches.
(d) Microscopes.

4. What was Magda's reply when she came back from her date and Manny asked her why her hair was messy?
(a) She said she needed a haircut.
(b) She said it was windy outside.
(c) She said she had been kissing a boy.
(d) She said she had lost her bobby pins.

5. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in his English class with Mr. Shattler?
(a) They read magazines and played bingo.
(b) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(c) They studied poetry and gave speeches.
(d) They threw spitballs and made collages.

6. After Manny slipped out of Grandma Rosa's wake, what kind of tree did he climb?
(a) A cherry tree.
(b) A mulberry tree.
(c) A cactus.
(d) An oak tree.

7. What example from her own life did Rebecca cite when she told Magda not to ruin her life like she had?
(a) That she had gotten pregnant at 16.
(b) That she had quit school.
(c) That she had married a man she did not love.
(d) That she had not attended college.

8. What was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?
(a) Lencho asked Manny if he knew what was inside the white teacher's classroom.
(b) Lencho came to confront Manny for saying nasty things about Lencho behind his back.
(c) Lencho asked Manny if he thought Magda would go out on a date with him.
(d) Lencho asked Manny to ask his brother Nardo to join Lencho's boxing team.

9. How many weeks of training did the boxers get before the big fight?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

10. Where did Manny suspect that the bullet had lodged when he had narrowly missed accidentally shooting Pedi?
(a) In the living room ceiling beam.
(b) In the closet ceiling.
(c) In the windowsill.
(d) In the cooler shaft.

11. Why did Manny and Albert sit outside to eat even though it was too cold for most students to do so?
(a) They dressed warmly.
(b) They liked eating lunch in the sun.
(c) They did not like eating in the crowded cafeteria.
(d) They liked to watch Miss Van der Meer come out of her classroom at noon.

12. What high school were the white students bussed in from in order to attend Manny's school?
(a) Alemany High.
(b) Fresno High.
(c) Franklin High.
(d) Jefferson High.

13. What happened inside the restroom when Manny and Rebecca carried Magda in so she could relieve herself?
(a) The receptionist came in and told them they could not all be in there together.
(b) Magda fainted on the floor.
(c) The fire alarm went off.
(d) Rebecca slipped on the floor and fell down.

14. What feature did Grandma Rosa say that each of her neighbors' houses had sported before they had all moved away to have their houses torn down?
(a) A fountain.
(b) A garden.
(c) A picket fence.
(d) A porch swing.

15. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?
(a) They read mythology literature and they put on plays.
(b) They held debates and they participated in Socratic seminars.
(c) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(d) They learned Greek and Latin roots and they studied Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?

2. What did Magda threaten to do if Rebecca did not stop meddling in her life?

3. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?

4. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?

5. Why did Lencho prevent his boxers from lifting weights?

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