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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Chains.
(b) Baseball bats.
(c) Boomerangs.
(d) Sticks.

2. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A bottle of pills.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A liquor bottle.
(d) A ruler.

3. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(b) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(c) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.
(d) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.

4. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?
(a) Manny.
(b) Manny and Rebecca.
(c) Manny, Pedi, and Rebecca.
(d) Manny and Pedi.

5. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?
(a) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.
(b) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.
(c) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.
(d) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manny arrived home and his mother told him to stop blocking the television, what had Manny been sure she had been about to ask him to do?

2. What meaning did Manuel ascribe to the note that Rebecca had left him about going to get her hair done at Sophie's?

3. 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?

4. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?

5. Manny told Manuel that if he shot Rebecca, he would be thrown in jail. Manny asked Manuel to think of what would happen to Manuel's children then. Manuel replies that he only cares about one family member. Who is it?

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