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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How much did Manuel pay a lawyer in order to make the police return his rifle?
(a) $200.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $150.

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

10. What did Nardo do just before he went to bed on the night he climbed into the bedroom window?
(a) He kissed Manny good night.
(b) He stared at himself in the mirror.
(c) He asked Manny if they should to visit Grandma Rosa soon.
(d) He told Manny that he had gotten a job.

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

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

13. 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) Peaches.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was inside the pinata that held the candies and chocolates that burst forth when Rebecca hit it as a child?

3. Why was Chico in the locker room when Manny brought in Albert with his bloody nose?

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

5. What part of the dead loved one's body did Manny's family believe the mourners should touch at the funeral?

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