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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Manny asked Nardo's advice about how he should behave at the party, what advice did Nardo give him?
(a) Have fun.
(b) Stay away from the girls.
(c) Pretend to have confidence.
(d) Be cool.

2. Once the Immigration officers had departed with their prisoners, what did everyone left claim they had done to help the Mexican people?
(a) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.
(b) They claimed that they had warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.
(c) They claimed that they had told the people to run when they saw the first van.
(d) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.

3. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 80.
(d) 30.

4. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.
(b) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(c) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.
(d) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.

5. Who gave Rebecca a cup of coffee while she was sitting in the hospital waiting room?
(a) The receptionist.
(b) Magda.
(c) The lady whose husband had been injured by a passing truck.
(d) Manny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mondo and Eddie were considering what type of theft to commit on the day of the gang's meeting beneath the maple trees, what activity did Frankie suggest instead?

3. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?

4. What was NOT a reason that the administration at Manny's school gave for being unable to transfer him to Hawthorn School?

5. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?

(see the answer key)

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