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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Manuel exclaim when he first arrived home from the Pool Hall after a two-day binge?
(a) "Everybody come out here now!"
(b) "I'm home!"
(c) "It's all over now!"
(d) "I got a job!"

2. Why did Lencho prevent his boxers from lifting weights?
(a) He did not want them to hurt themselves.
(b) He wanted them to remain quick rather than bulking up.
(c) He did not want them to have to fight over the weights with Coach Rogers' boxers.
(d) He did not have the money it would cost for them to buy weights.

3. What thoughts did Manny use to distract him from the goings-on during the Test of Courage?
(a) He thought of kissing Rita in the back room.
(b) He thought of playing baseball.
(c) He thought of being a famous movie star.
(d) He thought of being in Miss Van der Meer's class.

4. Why did Manny decide against calling his dad for a ride home from his school?
(a) Because he was embarrassed by his father's dilapidated car.
(b) Because Manny thought his dad would have a hangover and would be mad at him for calling.
(c) Because his brother Nardo was more likely to give him a ride.
(d) Because he knew his father was probably at Rico's Pool Hall.

5. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?
(a) His watch.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A chinaberry branch.
(d) His hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What feature did Grandma Rosa say that each of her neighbors' houses had sported before they had all moved away to have their houses torn down?

3. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?

4. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?

5. What did Manny list as Nardo's sole physical flaw?

(see the answer key)

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