1. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?
(a) Asking her father to take her with him to the pool hall.
(b) Studying a caterpillar in her hands.
(c) Erasing sparrow tracks from the dusty porch.
(d) Playing Jacks on the porch.

2. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?
(a) Nardo kept stopping to watch the girls at the weighing area, and Manny kept stopping to watch the other pickers' quickness.
(b) They had not yet learned the proper techniques of picking peppers.
(c) Their row was too low to the ground, so they had to squat uncomfortably in order to pick the peppers.
(d) They were unaccustomed to the heat of the day, so sweat kept running in their eyes and blinding them.

3. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(b) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(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.

4. When he watches the way that the Mexican man in the next row over moves gracefully and efficiently while picking peppers, at what job did Manny say the man would excel?
(a) Shortstop.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Conductor.
(d) Engineer.

5. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Boomerangs.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Chains.
(d) Baseball bats.