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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What milestone did Albert accomplish during training that made Manny start to think their team may have a chance at winning?
(a) He jumped the jump rope 200 times in a row.
(b) He did 40 somersaults in a row.
(c) He hit the punching bag 100 times in a row.
(d) He hit the tetherball 4 swipes in a row.

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

3. 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 fire alarm went off.
(c) Magda fainted on the floor.
(d) The receptionist came in and told them they could not all be in there together.

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

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

6. With whom was Linda in unrequited love?
(a) Rio.
(b) Manny.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Nardo.

7. What part of the dead loved one's body did Manny's family believe the mourners should touch at the funeral?
(a) The top of the head.
(b) The hand.
(c) The face.
(d) The neck.

8. 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 apheds can fit on a single rose.
(d) How many eggs a toad lays on average.

9. What was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?
(a) Lencho asked Manny if he thought Magda would go out on a date with him.
(b) Lencho asked Manny if he knew what was inside the white teacher's classroom.
(c) Lencho came to confront Manny for saying nasty things about Lencho behind his back.
(d) Lencho asked Manny to ask his brother Nardo to join Lencho's boxing team.

10. What natural disaster occurred within the dream that Manny had about Grandma Rosa after she died?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A tsunami.

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

12. When Manuel came in the room and recognized what was happening, what did he say?
(a) Take her to the hospital.
(b) My own daughter.
(c) Leave her alone.
(d) Put her in water.

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

14. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?
(a) He had been a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
(b) He had won the Tour de France.
(c) He had trained a famous fighter named Sugar Ray Leadfoot.
(d) He had competed at shot put in the Olympics.

15. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?
(a) She had asked him to bring her the lawnchair.
(b) It was dirty with grime.
(c) It had belonged to her late husband.
(d) She wondered if it would support her weight.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Lencho prevent his boxers from lifting weights?

4. 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?

5. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?

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