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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Manny to think he had shot and killed Pedi when the rifle had accidentally gone off in his hands?
(a) She fell onto the floor.
(b) She did not make a sound.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She screamed.

2. After his grandfather had become riddled with dementia, what is the one memory Manny said that his grandfather had still clung to?
(a) The beautiful recognition of his wife's face.
(b) The Mexico desert he had crossed when coming to America.
(c) Rebecca's breaking of the pinata beneath the cherry tree.
(d) The prejudice he had experienced as a Mexican-American man.

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

4. With whom was Linda in unrequited love?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Nardo.
(c) Manny.
(d) Rio.

5. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?
(a) He had been a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
(b) He had trained a famous fighter named Sugar Ray Leadfoot.
(c) He had won the Tour de France.
(d) He had competed at shot put in the Olympics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?

2. What part of Malcolm's body did Chico run into that knocked him unconscious?

3. What did Magda do that signaled to her family that her fever had broken and she was going to be fine?

4. What was Magda's reply when she came back from her date and Manny asked her why her hair was messy?

5. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the argument between Magda and her mother Rebecca concerning Magda ruining her future show about Magda's character?

2. Why is it ironic for Lencho to be kicked out of the Berets after losing his boxing match to Boise?

3. Why was Manny particularly concerned about his parents finding out about Nardo getting drunk and sneaking back into the house?

4. How did the various family members act differently from one another at the wake for Grandma Rosa that was held after the funeral?

5. What is the author's purpose in letting the reader know that Malcolm, Chico's opponent, had been the only one in Biology class to know what volume of blood is produced when a girl has her period?

6. Why was Manny so reluctant to let Nardo go into Grandma Rosa's house to fix them some Kool-Aid?

7. Manny relates that his maternal grandfather died a few years back. What was his grandfather's health like before he died?

8. What did Manuel do after he got out of bed and realized what had happened to Magda?

9. Who were the Berets?

10. What actions did Manny hope Rebecca would take in response to Manuel's abusive actions that resulted in his being jailed?

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