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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Eddie hurt the lady whose purse he stole outside of the bank?
(a) He tripped her and she fell to the ground.
(b) He kicked her car door shut while she had her hand in the door.
(c) He punched her in the face.
(d) He stabbed her.

2. 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 Mexico desert he had crossed when coming to America.
(d) The beautiful recognition of his wife's face.

3. What feature had the city wanted to build when they had torn down most of the houses around Grandma Rosa's place?
(a) A reservoir.
(b) A skate park.
(c) A freeway.
(d) A roller skating rink.

4. How much did Manuel pay a lawyer in order to make the police return his rifle?
(a) $50.
(b) $150.
(c) $100.
(d) $200.

5. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?
(a) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of high school and to start taking classes at the community college.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(c) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What errand did Manny's mother send him to his school to accomplish even though it was still summer?

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

3. Why did Manny and Albert sit outside to eat even though it was too cold for most students to do so?

4. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?

5. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

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