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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 bit of toilet paper on her shoe" (114).
(b) "She paid us less mind than a hen would pay to her broken egg" (114).
(c) "She paid us less mind than a turtle would pay to scratches on the top of its own shell" (114).
(d) "She paid us less mind than she would a wad of chewing gum stuck on the sidewalk" (114).

2. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in his English class with Mr. Shattler?
(a) They read magazines and played bingo.
(b) They read detective fiction and studied Shakespeare.
(c) They studied poetry and gave speeches.
(d) They threw spitballs and made collages.

3. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
(a) He was the only one who knew how to undo the complex knots tied at the top of the sacks.
(b) He grabbed them before anyone else, so he said he had solidified his rights to their contents.
(c) He was stronger than the two men who challenged him, so he won the short shoving contest.
(d) He said he had been working closest to that row, so he deserved the spoils.

4. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(b) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(c) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(d) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.

5. After Mr. Hart left, Manny felt how angry Manuel was and he wanted to run away. What prevented him from running away?
(a) He did not want to alert Rebecca to what was happening by running inside.
(b) He says he knew he had to stay and receive his punishment.
(c) He said he knew he would get a more severe beating later if he ran.
(d) He said his legs felt paralyzed.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?

3. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?

4. What was the weather like on the day Manny and Rebecca took Magda to the hospital?

5. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?

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