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

2. What plants did NOT grow in Grandma Rosa's yard?
(a) Cacti.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Roses.
(d) Cherry trees.

3. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?
(a) He had competed at shot put in the Olympics.
(b) He had won the Tour de France.
(c) He had trained a famous fighter named Sugar Ray Leadfoot.
(d) He had been a Golden Gloves boxing champion.

4. What was Magda's reply when she came back from her date and Manny asked her why her hair was messy?
(a) She said she had lost her bobby pins.
(b) She said it was windy outside.
(c) She said she needed a haircut.
(d) She said she had been kissing a boy.

5. What drink did Nardo go inside Grandma Rosa's to get when he and Manny were almost done with the yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Water.
(d) Kool-Aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two musicians were Magda's favorites?

2. 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?

3. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?

4. What was the name of Magda's best friend who worked with her at Valley Laundry?

5. After his grandfather had become riddled with dementia, what is the one memory Manny said that his grandfather had still clung to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Manuel assume that Grandma Rosa's house would go to Rebecca and what were his plans for it when that happened?

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

3. Why was it so important to Miguel that Lencho win the boxing match against Boise?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. When Manny dreamt of Grandma Rosa the night before her funeral, what happened within his dream and how did he react once he woke up?

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

10. 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?

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