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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 did Manuel do when Mr. Hart moved to shake his hand?
(a) He motioned that his hands were dirty from picking mint.
(b) He ignored Mr. Hart's hand.
(c) He shook his hand and greeted him warmly.
(d) He turned his back on Mr. Hart.

2. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?
(a) Police lights.
(b) Police sirens.
(c) The sound of deeply-threaded tires against asphalt.
(d) Sophie screaming that the police were coming.

3. What example from her own life did Rebecca cite when she told Magda not to ruin her life like she had?
(a) That she had not attended college.
(b) That she had married a man she did not love.
(c) That she had gotten pregnant at 16.
(d) That she had quit school.

4. What symptom did Magda exhibit the night they got back from the hospital that made Rebecca wonder if they should take her back to the hospital?
(a) Her pain got intolerable.
(b) Her fever rose higher than the doctor had said it would.
(c) She could not talk.
(d) She began to bleed again.

5. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(b) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(c) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.
(d) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. How many pool tables did Manny's dad's favorite pool hall have?

5. How much did Manuel pay a lawyer in order to make the police return his rifle?

(see the answer key)

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