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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?
(a) Mr. Sanchez.
(b) Manny.
(c) The Garcia brothers.
(d) Rico.

2. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?
(a) A set of shin guards.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A batting glove.
(d) A baseball outfielder's glove.

3. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?
(a) She said that milk drained into the gutter.
(b) She said that he flirted with other women.
(c) She said that he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.
(d) She said that he could have been at home helping her with chores.

4. 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?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Scrub the floor.
(c) Sweep the patio.
(d) Fold the laundry.

5. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(b) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(c) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.
(d) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nardo filled his container more quickly than Manny did, what did he buy at the taco truck?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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