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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was inside the pinata that held the candies and chocolates that burst forth when Rebecca hit it as a child?
(a) A plastic bag.
(b) A clay pot.
(c) A Tupperware container.
(d) A Coke bottle.

2. What unusual items did Lencho mention that Miss Van der Meer had in her classroom?
(a) Couches.
(b) Microscopes.
(c) Beanbag chairs.
(d) Boom boxes.

3. What is one solution that Manny did NOT wish Rebecca would choose in response to Manuel's attempt to shoot her?
(a) Kick Manuel out of the house.
(b) Leave Manuel for good.
(c) Run off by herself, leaving the family behind.
(d) Go live with Grandma Rosa for a while.

4. 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 work.
(c) At Rico's Pool Hall.
(d) At the bar.

5. What round was Boise and Lencho's fight in when Mr. Hart hit the bell to signal that the fight was over?
(a) Round three.
(b) Round four.
(c) Round two.
(d) Round one.

6. How many weeks of training did the boxers get before the big fight?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

7. What author was Miss Van der Meer referencing when she said that Lencho was a regular Hotspur?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) John Steinbeck.

8. 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?
(a) Her pain got intolerable.
(b) She could not talk.
(c) Her fever rose higher than the doctor had said it would.
(d) She began to bleed again.

9. When Manuel came in the room and recognized what was happening, what did he say?
(a) Leave her alone.
(b) Take her to the hospital.
(c) My own daughter.
(d) Put her in water.

10. What did Manny see when he opened the bathroom door when Rebecca and Magda were inside?
(a) He saw Magda lying in the tub, bleeding.
(b) He saw a tiny baby on the floor.
(c) He saw Rebecca slap Magda's face.
(d) He saw Magda leaning over the toilet, throwing up.

11. With whom was Linda in unrequited love?
(a) Rio.
(b) Manuel.
(c) Manny.
(d) Nardo.

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

13. What did Manny use to keep Pedi occupied while he was watching her during Magda's date with her secret boyfriend?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Tiddlywinks.
(c) Jacks.
(d) Dominoes.

14. What feature had the city wanted to build when they had torn down most of the houses around Grandma Rosa's place?
(a) A skate park.
(b) A roller skating rink.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A freeway.

15. 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) New shoes for Manuel.
(b) A pinata.
(c) Sweet bread, fried tortillas, and sweet potatoes.
(d) A new scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two musicians were Magda's favorites?

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

3. What action did Rebecca finally take when Manny kept insisting that they needed to take Magda back to the hospital?

4. Who woke up Nardo and Manny and told them to go do yard work at Grandma Rosa's house?

5. What part of the dead loved one's body did Manny's family believe the mourners should touch at the funeral?

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