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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pedi was helping Manuel pick up the bullets he had dropped onto the ground, Manuel picked up a bullet as well. What did he do with it?
(a) He put it in his pocket.
(b) He gave it to Manuel.
(c) He gave it to Pedi.
(d) He threw it in the trash can.

2. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(b) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(c) In the men's room.
(d) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.

3. Why did Rebecca keep looking back over her shoulder when she was taking Manny home from the pool hall?
(a) She wanted to see if a bus was coming that could take them the rest of the way home.
(b) She was afraid that Manuel was following them.
(c) She wanted to see if her friend Sophie was behind them.
(d) She was hoping that Manuel was following them.

4. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?
(a) Send Manny's transcripts to Hawthorn School.
(b) Remember to pick up milk.
(c) Be back in 20 minutes.
(d) Give the Hernandez boy $20.

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 drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.

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. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?

3. After Rebecca took Manny out of the pool hall, what did Manny see his father doing when he looked through the window at him?

4. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

5. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?

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