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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?
(a) He broke some dishes.
(b) He came late too many times.
(c) He danced with a guest.
(d) He dated the boss's daughter without permission.

2. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?
(a) She said that milk drained into the gutter.
(b) She said that he could have been at home helping her with chores.
(c) She said that he flirted with other women.
(d) She said that he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.

3. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?
(a) He wanted to ask Magda for advice about what had happened.
(b) He did not want to risk running into the Garcia brothers again.
(c) He wanted to see if his parents were still fighting.
(d) He wanted to nurse his wounds.

4. 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) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(c) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(d) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.

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?
(a) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(b) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.
(c) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.
(d) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?

2. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?

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

4. What two activities most often occurred at the Big Lawn?

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

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