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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.
(c) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(d) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.

2. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?
(a) He said that Magda hit it with an iron when he was helping her at her laundry job.
(b) He said he broke it sliding into second base.
(c) He said he got it caught in the rungs of a ladder.
(d) He said he got it caught in a joint of jungle gym.

3. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?
(a) He was laid off due to governmental cutbacks.
(b) He drank beer during lunch and came back to work slurring his words.
(c) He called in sick too many times.
(d) He quit because of unfair pay.

4. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Rosewater.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?

2. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?

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

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

5. 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?

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