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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Rebecca a cup of coffee while she was sitting in the hospital waiting room?
(a) The receptionist.
(b) Manny.
(c) The lady whose husband had been injured by a passing truck.
(d) Magda.

2. What part of the dead loved one's body did Manny's family believe the mourners should touch at the funeral?
(a) The neck.
(b) The hand.
(c) The face.
(d) The top of the head.

3. Manny told Manuel that if he shot Rebecca, he would be thrown in jail. Manny asked Manuel to think of what would happen to Manuel's children then. Manuel replies that he only cares about one family member. Who is it?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Pedi.
(c) Manny.
(d) Magda.

4. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?
(a) She jogged his memory about the book's reference since she knew all freshmen had read it.
(b) She said it did not matter and told Manny to forget it.
(c) She told him the plot of the story she had been referencing.
(d) She brought him into her classroom and read from a literary work.

5. What emotion did Manny realize the hospital receptionist's sighs about Magda's condition really signified?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Disapproval.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Manny slipped out of Grandma Rosa's wake, what kind of tree did he climb?

2. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?

3. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)

4. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?

5. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?

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