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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two activities most often occurred at the Big Lawn?
(a) Baseball and football.
(b) Soccer and football.
(c) Baseball and softball.
(d) Badminton and bocce ball.

2. How many pool tables did Manny's dad's favorite pool hall have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Six.

3. 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 batting glove.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A baseball outfielder's glove.

4. What job did Nardo NOT hold, according to his brother Manny?
(a) Short Order Cook.
(b) Dishwasher.
(c) Busboy.
(d) Bellhop.

5. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) In the men's room.
(b) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.
(c) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(d) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?

2. 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?

3. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?

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

5. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?

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