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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 eggs a toad lays on average.
(b) How many apheds can fit on a single rose.
(c) How many stars there are in the sky.
(d) How much blood flows during the average woman's menstrual cycle.

2. Who gave Rebecca a cup of coffee while she was sitting in the hospital waiting room?
(a) Manny.
(b) Magda.
(c) The lady whose husband had been injured by a passing truck.
(d) The receptionist.

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

4. What part of Malcolm's body did Chico run into that knocked him unconscious?
(a) His head.
(b) His chest.
(c) His elbow.
(d) His knee.

5. What analogy did Manny use to describe how little attention Miss Van der Meer paid to him?
(a) "She paid us less mind than she would a bit of toilet paper on her shoe" (114).
(b) "She paid us less mind than she would a wad of chewing gum stuck on the sidewalk" (114).
(c) "She paid us less mind than a hen would pay to her broken egg" (114).
(d) "She paid us less mind than a turtle would pay to scratches on the top of its own shell" (114).

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

7. What happened inside the restroom when Manny and Rebecca carried Magda in so she could relieve herself?
(a) Rebecca slipped on the floor and fell down.
(b) The receptionist came in and told them they could not all be in there together.
(c) The fire alarm went off.
(d) Magda fainted on the floor.

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

9. Which two musicians were Magda's favorites?
(a) Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.
(b) Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
(c) Elvis Presley and Smokey Robinson.
(d) Smokey Robinson and Frankie Vallee.

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

11. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?
(a) A kaftan.
(b) A skirt and blouse.
(c) A Japanese kimono.
(d) A bathrobe.

12. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in his English class with Mr. Shattler?
(a) They read magazines and played bingo.
(b) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(c) They studied poetry and gave speeches.
(d) They threw spitballs and made collages.

13. What was the weather like on the day Manny and Rebecca took Magda to the hospital?
(a) Hot and sunny.
(b) Cold and windy.
(c) Hot and windy.
(d) Cold and snowing,

14. What was NOT a reason that the administration at Manny's school gave for being unable to transfer him to Hawthorn School?
(a) There were already too many kids at Hawthorn School.
(b) There was an imbalance in the student body.
(c) His grades were not strong enough.
(d) It was too late for a transfer.

15. What is one solution that Manny did NOT wish Rebecca would choose in response to Manuel's attempt to shoot her?
(a) Run off by herself, leaving the family behind.
(b) Go live with Grandma Rosa for a while.
(c) Leave Manuel for good.
(d) Kick Manuel out of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom was Linda in unrequited love?

2. What was the name of Grandma Rosa's cat?

3. What was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?

4. What was the name of Magda's best friend who worked with her at Valley Laundry?

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

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