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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 Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
(a) He was the only one who knew how to undo the complex knots tied at the top of the sacks.
(b) He was stronger than the two men who challenged him, so he won the short shoving contest.
(c) He grabbed them before anyone else, so he said he had solidified his rights to their contents.
(d) He said he had been working closest to that row, so he deserved the spoils.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Fold the laundry.
(c) Sweep the patio.
(d) Scrub the floor.

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

2. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?

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

4. Once the Immigration officers had departed with their prisoners, what did everyone left claim they had done to help the Mexican people?

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

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