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

2. 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 studied poetry and gave speeches.
(c) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(d) They read magazines and played bingo.

3. 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 bit of toilet paper on her shoe" (114).
(d) "She paid us less mind than she would a wad of chewing gum stuck on the sidewalk" (114).

4. 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 picket fence.
(b) A garden.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A porch swing.

5. What round was Boise and Lencho's fight in when Mr. Hart hit the bell to signal that the fight was over?
(a) Round four.
(b) Round three.
(c) Round one.
(d) Round two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nardo have a hard time climbing inside his bedroom window when he was trying to sneak back inside the house?

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

3. What did Manny suspect was Albert's real reason for joining the boxing team?

4. How many miscarriages, if any, had Rebecca had?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the various family members act differently from one another at the wake for Grandma Rosa that was held after the funeral?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who were the Berets?

5. How did Manny feel about his physical appearance when he compared it with Nardo's?

6. Why is it ironic for Lencho to be kicked out of the Berets after losing his boxing match to Boise?

7. Why was Manny so reluctant to let Nardo go into Grandma Rosa's house to fix them some Kool-Aid?

8. How does Manny's act of nearly shooting his little sister Pedi play into the novel's theme regarding the power of choice?

9. 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?

10. What made Chico want to back out of his scheduled boxing match at the last minute?

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