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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. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A liquor bottle.
(d) A bottle of pills.

2. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?
(a) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(c) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of high school and to start taking classes at the community college.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.

3. Which item of Manny's clothing caused him embarrassment during his meeting with Mr. Hart at the school?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His hat.
(c) His pants.
(d) His belt.

4. 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) Pedi.
(b) Manny.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Magda.

5. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?
(a) Because she wanted to talk to Sophie about taking care of Pedi for a few weeks while she tried to repair her marriage.
(b) Because she wanted to talk to Sophie about how she could leave Manuel without getting hurt.
(c) Because she wanted to let herself cool down before she talked to Manuel.
(d) Because she wanted to pretty herself up since she felt terrible about embarrassing Manuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?

3. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?

4. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?

5. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the significance of Manuel's words to Manny after he snatched the $20l from Manny's pocket?

3. What did Manny mean when he said, "Miracles don't wait for doubters" (8) once Nardo had agreed to come work in the fields with him?

4. Why was Manuel immediately furious when he saw Manny get out of Mr. Hart's car?

5. How is the theme of racism demonstrated within the scene when Manny asks the secretary for his transcripts?

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

7. Why did Mr. Hart take a roundabout way when he took Manny home?

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

9. 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?

10. 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)?

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