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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. When Nardo filled his container more quickly than Manny did, what did he buy at the taco truck?
(a) A soda.
(b) A popsicle.
(c) A burrito.
(d) An ice water.

2. What did Manny do in Mr. Hart's office when Mr. Hart motioned for him to sit down?
(a) He left.
(b) He sat down.
(c) He remained standing.
(d) He walked to the window and looked outside.

3. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?
(a) Banana boxes.
(b) Sombreros.
(c) Milking buckets.
(d) Paint cans.

4. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)
(a) He meant that his grandfather believed that family should come before everything else in life.
(b) He meant that his grandfather was an extremely hard worker.
(c) He meant that his grandfather believed in organ and blood donation.
(d) He meant that his grandfather would do whatever he could for anyone in need.

5. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Baseball bats.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Chains.
(d) Boomerangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he watches the way that the Mexican man in the next row over moves gracefully and efficiently while picking peppers, at what job did Manny say the man would excel?

2. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?

3. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?

4. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

5. After Mr. Hart left, Manny felt how angry Manuel was and he wanted to run away. What prevented him from running away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Hart give Manny $20 even though Manny had refused it?

2. What caused Rebecca to think that Manuel was somewhere in the pool hall even though Rico told her that Manuel had gone home?

3. What is ironic about Nardo being the one that "jeered at the [Immigration] officers" the loudest as the people were led away and put into vans?

4. What parallel did Manny draw between his grandfather Ignacio's personality and his own personality?

5. Why was it so uncomfortable for Manny to be within the weighing area where the chili peppers were weighed out for measuring how much each person would be paid?

6. What effect does the simile have on the reader when Manny saw a van coming toward the fields and described it as "approaching like a dog sneaking up on a bush" (13)?

7. What happened to alert Rebecca that Manuel was angry with Manny and that that was the reason he would not leave the pool hall after spending Manny's $20 on alcohol?

8. What is the significance of Manny's daydream about being on the baseball team and having people looking at him?

9. What did Manuel do with the $20 he took from Manny's pocket?

10. What did Nardo's grandmother mean when she said, "Es muy vivo" about Nardo?

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