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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?
(a) He was laid off due to governmental cutbacks.
(b) He quit because of unfair pay.
(c) He called in sick too many times.
(d) He drank beer during lunch and came back to work slurring his words.

2. 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?
(a) She would glare at Manny's father and tap her foot.
(b) She would give the family the silent treatment and throw herself into housework.
(c) She would lie down on the couch and refuse to move.
(d) She would bite her nails and look at the sky.

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

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

5. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?
(a) He burned his arm on the car door.
(b) He remembered that he had left his quarter inside the pool hall.
(c) He saw the Garcia brothers running toward the car.
(d) He got mad at his father for staying too long at the pool hall.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?

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

5. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?

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