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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Manny's $20 located when Manuel took it from him?
(a) In his hand.
(b) In his pants pocket.
(c) In his shoe.
(d) In his shirt pocket.

2. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?
(a) Nardo kept stopping to watch the girls at the weighing area, and Manny kept stopping to watch the other pickers' quickness.
(b) Their row was too low to the ground, so they had to squat uncomfortably in order to pick the peppers.
(c) They had not yet learned the proper techniques of picking peppers.
(d) They were unaccustomed to the heat of the day, so sweat kept running in their eyes and blinding them.

3. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?
(a) Milking buckets.
(b) Paint cans.
(c) Sombreros.
(d) Banana boxes.

4. 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 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 it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.

5. 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 the rungs of a ladder.
(c) He said he got it caught in a joint of jungle gym.
(d) He said he broke it sliding into second base.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?

2. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?

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

4. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?

5. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?

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