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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 analogy did Manny use to describe how little attention Miss Van der Meer paid to him?
(a) "She paid us less mind than she would a wad of chewing gum stuck on the sidewalk" (114).
(b) "She paid us less mind than she would a bit of toilet paper on her shoe" (114).
(c) "She paid us less mind than a hen would pay to her broken egg" (114).
(d) "She paid us less mind than a turtle would pay to scratches on the top of its own shell" (114).

2. After his grandfather had become riddled with dementia, what is the one memory Manny said that his grandfather had still clung to?
(a) The Mexico desert he had crossed when coming to America.
(b) The beautiful recognition of his wife's face.
(c) Rebecca's breaking of the pinata beneath the cherry tree.
(d) The prejudice he had experienced as a Mexican-American man.

3. When she did not have enough money to buy a new dress for the funeral, what did Rebecca buy instead with the little money she had?
(a) A pinata.
(b) A new scarf.
(c) New shoes for Manuel.
(d) Sweet bread, fried tortillas, and sweet potatoes.

4. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.
(b) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(c) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.
(d) On Sundays when the family went to church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in his English class with Mr. Shattler?

2. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?

3. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?

4. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?

5. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?

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