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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 was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Love notes.
(c) Bullets for his rifle.
(d) Sophie's phone number.

2. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?
(a) It was a job that required little to no equipment investment.
(b) The weighing area workers paid the pickers right after announcing their loads.
(c) The spicy pollen emanating from the peppers bothered most people, but Mexicans used to utilizing peppers in their cooking were not bothered.
(d) The location of the chili fields was hidden and unlikely to attract Immigration officers.

3. 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 trampled the flowers that Manny's mother had planted in their yard.
(c) They had teased Manny's little sister Pedi and had made her cry.
(d) They had broken the new croquet set Manny's father had purchased for the neighborhood's use.

4. 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 he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.
(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 milk drained into the gutter.

5. How did Manny signal to Mr. Hart that he had enough money for school supplies?
(a) He shook his head no.
(b) He patted his pocket.
(c) He nodded his head.
(d) He mimed writing with a pencil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What meaning did Manuel ascribe to the note that Rebecca had left him about going to get her hair done at Sophie's?

3. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?

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

5. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

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