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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pedi was helping Manuel pick up the bullets he had dropped onto the ground, Manuel picked up a bullet as well. What did he do with it?
(a) He gave it to Pedi.
(b) He gave it to Manuel.
(c) He put it in his pocket.
(d) He threw it in the trash can.

2. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?
(a) Manny and Pedi.
(b) Manny.
(c) Manny, Pedi, and Rebecca.
(d) Manny and Rebecca.

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

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

5. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?
(a) They had keyed Manny's father's car.
(b) They had broken the new croquet set Manny's father had purchased for the neighborhood's use.
(c) They had trampled the flowers that Manny's mother had planted in their yard.
(d) They had teased Manny's little sister Pedi and had made her cry.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?

4. What errand did Manny's mother send him to his school to accomplish even though it was still summer?

5. What does the Spanish word "perico" (51) mean?

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