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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flaw did the asphalt in front of Grandma Rosa's house exhibit?
(a) It was too thin.
(b) It stunk like tar.
(c) It had potholes.
(d) It was lumpy.

2. 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 Rico's Pool Hall.
(c) At the bar.
(d) At Grandma Rosa's helping Rebecca.

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?
(a) A fountain.
(b) A porch swing.
(c) A garden.
(d) A picket fence.

4. What was one fruit that did NOT grow on the tree Manny's grandfather had created by grafting many different branches together?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Plums.

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

6. After Manny slipped out of Grandma Rosa's wake, what kind of tree did he climb?
(a) A mulberry tree.
(b) A cactus.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A cherry tree.

7. What question did Malcolm Augustus, Chico's opponent, know the answer to when no one else in Manny's biology class had known?
(a) How many stars there are in the sky.
(b) How much blood flows during the average woman's menstrual cycle.
(c) How many eggs a toad lays on average.
(d) How many apheds can fit on a single rose.

8. Who woke up Nardo and Manny and told them to go do yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Manuel.
(c) Pedi.
(d) Magda.

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

10. What reason did Rebecca give Manny for why they could not wake up Manuel and tell him what was happening with Magda?
(a) She said that Manuel would throw Magda out of the house for her indiscretion.
(b) She said Manuel would blame Manny for not keeping an eye on Magda.
(c) She said that Manuel would blame himself for not keeping an eye on Magda.
(d) She said Manuel would blame her for not keeping an eye on Magda.

11. What emotion did Manny realize the hospital receptionist's sighs about Magda's condition really signified?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Disapproval.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Embarrassment.

12. What did Nardo and Manny build out of bricks in Grandma Rosa's yard?
(a) A pizza oven.
(b) A bench.
(c) A barbecue pit.
(d) A fireplace.

13. What was Manuel doing when Manny, Magda, and Rebecca got home from the hospital?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading the newspaper.
(c) Playing with Pedi.
(d) Sleeping.

14. What did Manny list as Nardo's sole physical flaw?
(a) His eyes were far apart.
(b) His knees were knobby.
(c) His ears were too big.
(d) He had a birthmark on his shoulder.

15. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?
(a) They learned Greek and Latin roots and they studied Shakespeare.
(b) They held debates and they participated in Socratic seminars.
(c) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(d) They read mythology literature and they put on plays.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?

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

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

5. What was the source of Manny's and Pedi's argument while he was babysitting her during Magda's date?

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