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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor did Manny use to describe what Manuel would feel like upon seeing Manny arrive home in a white, middle-class guy's car?
(a) "The worst acid I could have poured into his stomach" (45).
(b) "The worst acid I could have mixed into his drink" (45).
(c) "The worst acid I could have swiped across his forehead" (45).
(d) "The worst acid I could have poured down his throat" (45).

2. In contrast to Manny's father's method of worrying aloud, Manny said his mother was more quiet and would take which two actions while she worried?
(a) She would lie down on the couch and refuse to move.
(b) She would bite her nails and look at the sky.
(c) She would glare at Manny's father and tap her foot.
(d) She would give the family the silent treatment and throw herself into housework.

3. What meaning did Manuel ascribe to the note that Rebecca had left him about going to get her hair done at Sophie's?
(a) He thought Rebecca wanted to leave him.
(b) He was angry that she was spending money on hairstyling.
(c) He thought it symbolized how little time she spent with him as of late.
(d) He thought that Rebecca was not at Sophie's but was instead out cheating on him.

4. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
(a) He said he had been working closest to that row, so he deserved the spoils.
(b) He was the only one who knew how to undo the complex knots tied at the top of the sacks.
(c) He was stronger than the two men who challenged him, so he won the short shoving contest.
(d) He grabbed them before anyone else, so he said he had solidified his rights to their contents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Manuel do when Mr. Hart moved to shake his hand?

2. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?

3. What did Manuel exclaim when he first arrived home from the Pool Hall after a two-day binge?

4. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

5. When Manny arrived home and his mother told him to stop blocking the television, what had Manny been sure she had been about to ask him to do?

(see the answer key)

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