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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(b) On Sundays when the family went to church.
(c) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.
(d) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.

3. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.
(b) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(c) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(d) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.

4. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.
(b) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.
(c) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(d) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.

5. What did Magda threaten to do if Rebecca did not stop meddling in her life?
(a) She said she would never speak to her again.
(b) She said she would have her boyfriend move in.
(c) She said she would move out.
(d) She said she would take Pedi away and raise her by herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most serious consequence levied upon Lencho for losing the fight against Boise?

2. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?

3. 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?

4. Why did Manny and Albert sit outside to eat even though it was too cold for most students to do so?

5. What author was Miss Van der Meer referencing when she said that Lencho was a regular Hotspur?

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