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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?
(a) He dated the boss's daughter without permission.
(b) He came late too many times.
(c) He danced with a guest.
(d) He broke some dishes.

2. 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) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(c) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(d) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.

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

4. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?
(a) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(b) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.
(c) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.
(d) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.

5. 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 that Rebecca was not at Sophie's but was instead out cheating on him.
(d) He thought it symbolized how little time she spent with him as of late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?

2. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?

3. 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?

4. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?

5. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?

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