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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 metaphor did Manny use to describe what Manuel would feel like upon seeing Manny arrive home in a white, middle-class guy's car?
(a) "The worst acid I could have poured down his throat" (45).
(b) "The worst acid I could have swiped across his forehead" (45).
(c) "The worst acid I could have mixed into his drink" (45).
(d) "The worst acid I could have poured into his stomach" (45).

2. 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) She could not talk.
(b) Her fever rose higher than the doctor had said it would.
(c) Her pain got intolerable.
(d) She began to bleed again.

3. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A liquor bottle.
(b) A bottle of pills.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A rifle.

4. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?
(a) Two years older.
(b) Four years older.
(c) One year older.
(d) Three years older.

5. What plants did NOT grow in Grandma Rosa's yard?
(a) Cacti.
(b) Cherry trees.
(c) Roses.
(d) Ferns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miscarriages, if any, had Rebecca had?

2. How many weeks of training did the boxers get before the big fight?

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

4. Why did Manny decide against calling his dad for a ride home from his school?

5. What did Manny list as Nardo's sole physical flaw?

(see the answer key)

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