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

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 he was drunk.
(b) Because the window was stuck and would not open wider.
(c) Because Manny had moved the milk crate that Nardo used as a ladder.
(d) Because he was afraid of heights.

2. What did Manny use to keep Pedi occupied while he was watching her during Magda's date with her secret boyfriend?
(a) Jacks.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Tiddlywinks.
(d) Dominoes.

3. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?
(a) Police lights.
(b) Police sirens.
(c) The sound of deeply-threaded tires against asphalt.
(d) Sophie screaming that the police were coming.

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

5. What part of Malcolm's body did Chico run into that knocked him unconscious?
(a) His elbow.
(b) His knee.
(c) His chest.
(d) His head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who woke up Nardo and Manny and told them to go do yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?

2. Where did Rebecca find Manuel hiding within the confines of the pool hall?

3. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?

4. What did Manny suspect was Albert's real reason for joining the boxing team?

5. What did Nardo and Manny build out of bricks in Grandma Rosa's yard?

(see the answer key)

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