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

2. Why was Chico in the locker room when Manny brought in Albert with his bloody nose?
(a) Because he had wanted to be there to congratulate Albert for his victory.
(b) Because Chico had been late to show up and to start getting ready.
(c) Because Chico had been trying to sneak out the back door before his fight.
(d) Because he had gone in to get his lucky penny before the fight.

3. How much did Manuel pay a lawyer in order to make the police return his rifle?
(a) $150.
(b) $50.
(c) $200.
(d) $100.

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

5. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?
(a) He refused to let the police search the house.
(b) He refused to let them seize his rifle.
(c) He refused to lie on the ground.
(d) He refused to tell Rebecca that he was sorry.

Short Answer 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?

2. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in his English class with Mr. Shattler?

3. Which two musicians were Magda's favorites?

4. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?

5. When he watches the way that the Mexican man in the next row over moves gracefully and efficiently while picking peppers, at what job did Manny say the man would excel?

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