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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. Which two musicians were Magda's favorites?
(a) Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.
(b) Elvis Presley and Smokey Robinson.
(c) Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
(d) Smokey Robinson and Frankie Vallee.

2. What action did Rebecca finally take when Manny kept insisting that they needed to take Magda back to the hospital?
(a) She woke up Manuel to ask his advice.
(b) She hit the side of Manny's head with her cupped hand.
(c) She went to get Manuel's car keys.
(d) She woke up Nardo to ask his advice.

3. Why did Nardo have a hard time climbing inside his bedroom window when he was trying to sneak back inside the house?
(a) Because he was drunk.
(b) Because he was afraid of heights.
(c) Because the window was stuck and would not open wider.
(d) Because Manny had moved the milk crate that Nardo used as a ladder.

4. What piece of equipment was Albert using when he received a gash in his hand?
(a) A jump rope.
(b) A medicine ball.
(c) A punching bag.
(d) A tetherball.

5. After Manny slipped out of Grandma Rosa's wake, what kind of tree did he climb?
(a) A mulberry tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A cherry tree.
(d) A cactus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What milestone did Albert accomplish during training that made Manny start to think their team may have a chance at winning?

2. What chore did Rebecca do when she was hurt by Magda's threats during their argument?

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

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

5. Who woke up Nardo and Manny and told them to go do yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Who were the Berets?

5. What did the argument between Magda and her mother Rebecca concerning Magda ruining her future show about Magda's character?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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