View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was inside the pinata that held the candies and chocolates that burst forth when Rebecca hit it as a child?
(a) A plastic bag.
(b) A Coke bottle.
(c) A clay pot.
(d) A Tupperware container.

2. What was one fruit that did NOT grow on the tree Manny's grandfather had created by grafting many different branches together?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Apples.
(d) Plums.

3. What question did Malcolm Augustus, Chico's opponent, know the answer to when no one else in Manny's biology class had known?
(a) How many eggs a toad lays on average.
(b) How much blood flows during the average woman's menstrual cycle.
(c) How many apheds can fit on a single rose.
(d) How many stars there are in the sky.

4. What was NOT a reason that the administration at Manny's school gave for being unable to transfer him to Hawthorn School?
(a) His grades were not strong enough.
(b) There was an imbalance in the student body.
(c) There were already too many kids at Hawthorn School.
(d) It was too late for a transfer.

5. What drink did Nardo go inside Grandma Rosa's to get when he and Manny were almost done with the yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Kool-Aid.
(c) Water.
(d) Coca-Cola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Berets believe was the one purpose of white people?

2. What piece of equipment was Albert using when he received a gash in his hand?

3. When Magda went to meet a boy behind the house and Rebecca was putting things away at Grandma Rosa's and Manny stayed home to watch Pedi, where was Manuel?

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

5. At what did Manuel point to when he asked Manny, "Don't you think I know people like this?" (47)?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 416 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample