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

Multiple Choice Questions

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) Playing Jacks on the porch.
(b) Erasing sparrow tracks from the dusty porch.
(c) Asking her father to take her with him to the pool hall.
(d) Studying a caterpillar in her hands.

2. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?
(a) Rosewater.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Lavender.

3. 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) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(c) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(d) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.

4. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 80.
(d) 20.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?

2. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?

3. 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?

4. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?

5. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?

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