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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nardo have a hard time climbing inside his bedroom window when he was trying to sneak back inside the house?
(a) Because the window was stuck and would not open wider.
(b) Because he was drunk.
(c) Because Manny had moved the milk crate that Nardo used as a ladder.
(d) Because he was afraid of heights.

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

3. What was the most serious consequence levied upon Lencho for losing the fight against Boise?
(a) He was kicked out of the Berets.
(b) He was prohibited from ever running a boxing team at school again.
(c) He was thrown out of the house by his father.
(d) He was not allowed to continue using the weight room after school.

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

5. 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) She began to bleed again.
(d) Her pain got intolerable.

6. 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 closet ceiling.
(c) In the windowsill.
(d) In the cooler shaft.

7. What high school were the white students bussed in from in order to attend Manny's school?
(a) Franklin High.
(b) Fresno High.
(c) Jefferson High.
(d) Alemany High.

8. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?
(a) She said it did not matter and told Manny to forget it.
(b) She brought him into her classroom and read from a literary work.
(c) She told him the plot of the story she had been referencing.
(d) She jogged his memory about the book's reference since she knew all freshmen had read it.

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

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

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

12. What was the name of Grandma Rosa's cat?
(a) Armando.
(b) Horacio.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Bernardo.

13. 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 garden.
(c) A picket fence.
(d) A porch swing.

14. What did Manuel use to hit Manny and Nardo at the wake to stop them from wrestling each other?
(a) His shoe.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A plate.
(d) His belt.

15. What did Manny suspect was Albert's real reason for joining the boxing team?
(a) Manny thought Albert wanted to become a professional boxer.
(b) Manny thought Albert wanted to build some popularity so he could meet girls.
(c) Manny thought Albert wanted to impress his father.
(d) Manny thought Albert wanted to join the Berets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile did the author use to describe the weather on the day of Grandma Rosa's funeral?

2. What analogy did Manny use to describe how little attention Miss Van der Meer paid to him?

3. What plants did NOT grow in Grandma Rosa's yard?

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

5. What action did Rebecca finally take when Manny kept insisting that they needed to take Magda back to the hospital?

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