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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 many pool tables did Manny's dad's favorite pool hall have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Twelve.
2. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.
(b) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(c) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(d) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.
3. What two activities most often occurred at the Big Lawn?
(a) Baseball and softball.
(b) Soccer and football.
(c) Badminton and bocce ball.
(d) Baseball and football.
4. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Bleach.
5. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.
(b) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(d) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
2. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?
3. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?
4. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)
5. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?
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