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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?
(a) They read mythology literature and they put on plays.
(b) They learned Greek and Latin roots and they studied Shakespeare.
(c) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(d) They held debates and they participated in Socratic seminars.

2. What was the name of Magda's best friend who worked with her at Valley Laundry?
(a) Linda.
(b) Lulu.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Lydia.

3. What does the Spanish word "perico" (51) mean?
(a) Oven.
(b) Mimic.
(c) Parrot.
(d) Ocean.

4. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?
(a) A Japanese kimono.
(b) A kaftan.
(c) A bathrobe.
(d) A skirt and blouse.

5. When Magda went to meet a boy behind the house and Rebecca was putting things away at Grandma Rosa's and Manny stayed home to watch Pedi, where was Manuel?
(a) At Grandma Rosa's helping Rebecca.
(b) At Rico's Pool Hall.
(c) At work.
(d) At the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?

2. What symptom did Magda exhibit the night they got back from the hospital that made Rebecca wonder if they should take her back to the hospital?

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

4. When Manuel came in the room and recognized what was happening, what did he say?

5. What was the main reason Lencho came over to talk to Manny during lunch on the first day he did so?

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