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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one solution that Manny did NOT wish Rebecca would choose in response to Manuel's attempt to shoot her?
(a) Go live with Grandma Rosa for a while.
(b) Kick Manuel out of the house.
(c) Leave Manuel for good.
(d) Run off by herself, leaving the family behind.

2. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?
(a) A sixth sense for seeing trouble coming.
(b) A knack for getting people to like him.
(c) A marvelous work ethic.
(d) An ability to use any ingredients to make a superb meal.

3. 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 get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.
(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 high school and to start taking classes at the community college.

4. 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?
(a) A porch swing.
(b) A fountain.
(c) A garden.
(d) A picket fence.

5. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?
(a) She told him the plot of the story she had been referencing.
(b) She jogged his memory about the book's reference since she knew all freshmen had read it.
(c) She said it did not matter and told Manny to forget it.
(d) She brought him into her classroom and read from a literary work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Rebecca a cup of coffee while she was sitting in the hospital waiting room?

2. In contrast to Manny's father's method of worrying aloud, Manny said his mother was more quiet and would take which two actions while she worried?

3. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?

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

5. According to Manny, what did Mr. Hart's office smell like?

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