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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.
(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.

2. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.
(b) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(c) On Sundays when the family went to church.
(d) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.

3. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Seven days.

4. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A liquor bottle.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A bottle of pills.

5. 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 threw it in the trash can.
(c) He gave it to Manuel.
(d) He put it in his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?

2. What did Manny's mother do upon hearing him curse?

3. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?

4. Where did Manny ask Mr. Hart to drop him off so as to avoid being seen by his neighbors or family members?

5. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?

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