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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Manuel do when Mr. Hart moved to shake his hand?
(a) He ignored Mr. Hart's hand.
(b) He shook his hand and greeted him warmly.
(c) He motioned that his hands were dirty from picking mint.
(d) He turned his back on Mr. Hart.

2. What was the weather like on the day Manny and Rebecca took Magda to the hospital?
(a) Cold and windy.
(b) Hot and windy.
(c) Cold and snowing,
(d) Hot and sunny.

3. Where did Rebecca tell Magda to go once she and Manny had returned home from the pool hall?
(a) To their neighbor Sophie's house.
(b) In the back bedroom to watch Pedi.
(c) To her friend Linda's house.
(d) To the pool hall.

4. Why did Lencho prevent his boxers from lifting weights?
(a) He wanted them to remain quick rather than bulking up.
(b) He did not want them to hurt themselves.
(c) He did not want them to have to fight over the weights with Coach Rogers' boxers.
(d) He did not have the money it would cost for them to buy weights.

5. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?
(a) The Garcia brothers.
(b) Mr. Hart.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Magda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?

3. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

4. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?

5. What was Manuel doing when Manny, Magda, and Rebecca got home from the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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