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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 it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?
(a) It was a job that required little to no equipment investment.
(b) The spicy pollen emanating from the peppers bothered most people, but Mexicans used to utilizing peppers in their cooking were not bothered.
(c) The location of the chili fields was hidden and unlikely to attract Immigration officers.
(d) The weighing area workers paid the pickers right after announcing their loads.

2. 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 a joint of jungle gym.
(b) He said he got it caught in the rungs of a ladder.
(c) He said that Magda hit it with an iron when he was helping her at her laundry job.
(d) He said he broke it sliding into second base.

3. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?
(a) Two years older.
(b) One year older.
(c) Three years older.
(d) Four years older.

4. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(b) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
(d) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.

5. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(b) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(c) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.
(d) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?

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

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

4. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

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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