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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Manny certain that Lencho would not beat him up for teasing him from across the school yard?
(a) Because he knew that Lencho had a good sense of humor.
(b) Because he knew that Lencho would not risk getting suspended before the big fight.
(c) Because he knew Lencho would not jeopardize his chances of getting Nardo onto his boxing team.
(d) Because he knew that Lencho was afraid of Nardo.

2. 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 Coke bottle.
(c) A Tupperware container.
(d) A clay pot.

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

4. How many miscarriages, if any, had Rebecca had?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the name of Magda's best friend who worked with her at Valley Laundry?

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

4. What was Manuel doing when Manny, Magda, and Rebecca got home from the hospital?

5. Where did Manny suspect that the bullet had lodged when he had narrowly missed accidentally shooting Pedi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Manuel do after he got out of bed and realized what had happened to Magda?

2. Why is it ironic for Lencho to be kicked out of the Berets after losing his boxing match to Boise?

3. When Grandma Rosa emerged from the house while Manny and Nardo were working in her hard, what memories did she tell the boys about?

4. When the fight was not going well for Lencho and Miguel screamed at him to attack Boise, what reason did Manny give for wanting to scream at Miguel to shut his mouth?

5. Though at first Rebecca claimed it was their lack of money that was keeping her from taking Magda back to the hospital after her fever kept rising, what did she finally admit was the real reason?

6. What did the argument between Magda and her mother Rebecca concerning Magda ruining her future show about Magda's character?

7. Why was Manny so reluctant to let Nardo go into Grandma Rosa's house to fix them some Kool-Aid?

8. When Magda came home and her family rushed her to the hospital, what symptoms was she exhibiting and to what prognosis did her symptoms point?

9. How did the various family members act differently from one another at the wake for Grandma Rosa that was held after the funeral?

10. How does Miss Van der Meer's classroom represent the theme of racial inequality?

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