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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 80.

2. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?
(a) "Red as a chili pepper."
(b) "Thin as an exclamation point."
(c) "Slender as a snake."
(d) "Black as a shadow."

3. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(b) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(c) In the men's room.
(d) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.

4. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
(b) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(c) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(d) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.

5. Where did Rebecca find Manuel hiding within the confines of the pool hall?
(a) In the alleyway.
(b) In the ladies' room.
(c) In the men's room.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rebecca keep looking back over her shoulder when she was taking Manny home from the pool hall?

2. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?

3. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

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

5. Where was Manny's $20 located when Manuel took it from him?

(see the answer key)

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