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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Manny signal to Mr. Hart that he had enough money for school supplies?
(a) He shook his head no.
(b) He mimed writing with a pencil.
(c) He patted his pocket.
(d) He nodded his head.

2. Why did Lencho prevent his boxers from lifting weights?
(a) He did not want them to hurt themselves.
(b) He wanted them to remain quick rather than bulking up.
(c) He did not want them to have to fight over the weights with Coach Rogers' boxers.
(d) He did not have the money it would cost for them to buy weights.

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

4. When Mondo went around the gang meeting collecting dues, what did he say the money would be used for?
(a) Paying for bail if a gang member were arrested.
(b) Buying a car.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Buying a motorcycle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What plants did NOT grow in Grandma Rosa's yard?

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

3. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

4. 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?

5. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?

(see the answer key)

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