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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?
(a) "Thin as an exclamation point."
(b) "Black as a shadow."
(c) "Red as a chili pepper."
(d) "Slender as a snake."

2. 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 the bar.
(b) At Grandma Rosa's helping Rebecca.
(c) At work.
(d) At Rico's Pool Hall.

3. 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 how she could leave Manuel without getting hurt.
(b) Because she wanted to talk to Sophie about taking care of Pedi for a few weeks while she tried to repair her marriage.
(c) Because she wanted to pretty herself up since she felt terrible about embarrassing Manuel.
(d) Because she wanted to let herself cool down before she talked to Manuel.

4. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?
(a) Magda.
(b) Mr. Hart.
(c) Sophie.
(d) The Garcia brothers.

5. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(b) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(c) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(d) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?

2. What did Manny do in Mr. Hart's office when Mr. Hart motioned for him to sit down?

3. Once the Immigration officers had departed with their prisoners, what did everyone left claim they had done to help the Mexican people?

4. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?

5. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?

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