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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile did the author use to describe the weather on the day of Grandma Rosa's funeral?
(a) "The sun was as bright as an egg yolk" (83).
(b) "The clouds were as thick as a milkshake" (83).
(c) "The raindrops were sharp as tacks" (83).
(d) "The sky was as black as an eggplant" (83).

2. 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.

3. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?
(a) They had broken the new croquet set Manny's father had purchased for the neighborhood's use.
(b) They had trampled the flowers that Manny's mother had planted in their yard.
(c) They had keyed Manny's father's car.
(d) They had teased Manny's little sister Pedi and had made her cry.

4. In contrast to Manny's father's method of worrying aloud, Manny said his mother was more quiet and would take which two actions while she worried?
(a) She would give the family the silent treatment and throw herself into housework.
(b) She would bite her nails and look at the sky.
(c) She would lie down on the couch and refuse to move.
(d) She would glare at Manny's father and tap her foot.

5. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On Sundays when the family went to church.
(b) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(c) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.
(d) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?

2. What feature had the city wanted to build when they had torn down most of the houses around Grandma Rosa's place?

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

4. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?

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

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