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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 was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?
(a) Lencho asked Manny to ask his brother Nardo to join Lencho's boxing team.
(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 if he thought Magda would go out on a date with him.

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

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

4. What did the Berets believe was the one purpose of white people?
(a) To take all of the good jobs.
(b) To make themselves rich.
(c) To oppress people of color.
(d) To keep to themselves.

5. How many miscarriages, if any, had Rebecca had?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Manny see when he opened the bathroom door when Rebecca and Magda were inside?

2. What did Magda do that signaled to her family that her fever had broken and she was going to be fine?

3. What high school were the white students bussed in from in order to attend Manny's school?

4. What was the most serious consequence levied upon Lencho for losing the fight against Boise?

5. What was Magda's reply when she came back from her date and Manny asked her why her hair was messy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's purpose in letting the reader know that Malcolm, Chico's opponent, had been the only one in Biology class to know what volume of blood is produced when a girl has her period?

2. How does Miss Van der Meer's classroom represent the theme of racial inequality?

3. When Grandma Rosa emerged from the house while Manny and Nardo were working in her hard, what memories did she tell the boys about?

4. Manny relates that his maternal grandfather died a few years back. What was his grandfather's health like before he died?

5. Why was Manny particularly concerned about his parents finding out about Nardo getting drunk and sneaking back into the house?

6. When Magda came home and her family rushed her to the hospital, what symptoms was she exhibiting and to what prognosis did her symptoms point?

7. How does the way in which the hospital receptionist treated the Hernandez family highlight the theme of same-race discrimination?

8. What actions did Manuel take on the day Magda went to the hospital that were indicative of his usual tendency to take a hands-off approach to his family's problems?

9. What actions did Manny hope Rebecca would take in response to Manuel's abusive actions that resulted in his being jailed?

10. Why did Nardo have a particularly difficult time in the first few hours of hard work he and Manny did in their grandmother's yard?

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