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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Magda went to meet a boy behind the house and Rebecca was putting things away at Grandma Rosa's and Manny stayed home to watch Pedi, where was Manuel?
(a) At work.
(b) At the bar.
(c) At Rico's Pool Hall.
(d) At Grandma Rosa's helping Rebecca.

2. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(b) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(c) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.
(d) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.

3. Where did Manny suspect that the bullet had lodged when he had narrowly missed accidentally shooting Pedi?
(a) In the cooler shaft.
(b) In the windowsill.
(c) In the closet ceiling.
(d) In the living room ceiling beam.

4. At what did Manuel point to when he asked Manny, "Don't you think I know people like this?" (47)?
(a) The picture of the president on Manny's $20.
(b) The sky.
(c) The back of Mr. Hart's car as he drove away.
(d) The political sign in the neighbor's front yard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile did the author use to describe the weather on the day of Grandma Rosa's funeral?

2. What does the Spanish word "perico" (51) mean?

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

4. What action did Rebecca finally take when Manny kept insisting that they needed to take Magda back to the hospital?

5. What did Manny see when he opened the bathroom door when Rebecca and Magda were inside?

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