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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Manny's mother do upon hearing him curse?
(a) She smacked him in the mouth.
(b) She told him calmly that he was grounded for the next week.
(c) She yelled at him in Spanish.
(d) She pleaded with Manny's father to discipline him when they arrived home.

2. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?
(a) He wanted to nurse his wounds.
(b) He wanted to see if his parents were still fighting.
(c) He wanted to ask Magda for advice about what had happened.
(d) He did not want to risk running into the Garcia brothers again.

3. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Boomerangs.
(b) Chains.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Baseball bats.

4. How many pool tables did Manny's dad's favorite pool hall have?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four.

5. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?
(a) He saw the Garcia brothers running toward the car.
(b) He got mad at his father for staying too long at the pool hall.
(c) He remembered that he had left his quarter inside the pool hall.
(d) He burned his arm on the car door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor did Manny use to describe what Manuel would feel like upon seeing Manny arrive home in a white, middle-class guy's car?

2. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?

3. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?

4. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?

5. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about how Rebecca behaved during the scene in which the police came into the Hernandez's home?

2. How did Mr. Hart give Manny $20 even though Manny had refused it?

3. What did Nardo's grandmother mean when she said, "Es muy vivo" about Nardo?

4. How is the theme of racism demonstrated within the scene when Manny asks the secretary for his transcripts?

5. Why did Manny travel to his school even though it is still summer?

6. What happened to alert Rebecca that Manuel was angry with Manny and that that was the reason he would not leave the pool hall after spending Manny's $20 on alcohol?

7. What is the significance of Manuel's words to Manny after he snatched the $20l from Manny's pocket?

8. What was the lost job that Nardo missed the most and why?

9. What emotions did Nardo display while he watched the Mexican man pick peppers in the row next to his?

10. What parallel did Manny draw between his grandfather Ignacio's personality and his own personality?

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