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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 was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(b) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(c) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(d) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.

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

3. What did Manny's mother do upon hearing him curse?
(a) She pleaded with Manny's father to discipline him when they arrived home.
(b) She yelled at him in Spanish.
(c) She smacked him in the mouth.
(d) She told him calmly that he was grounded for the next week.

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

5. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?
(a) He said he got it caught in the rungs of a ladder.
(b) He said that Magda hit it with an iron when he was helping her at her laundry job.
(c) He said he got it caught in a joint of jungle gym.
(d) He said he broke it sliding into second base.

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

3. How many pool tables did Manny's dad's favorite pool hall have?

4. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?

5. 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?

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