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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 did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?
(a) Give the Hernandez boy $20.
(b) Send Manny's transcripts to Hawthorn School.
(c) Be back in 20 minutes.
(d) Remember to pick up milk.

2. What errand did Manny's mother send him to his school to accomplish even though it was still summer?
(a) To get a copy of his grades.
(b) To apply for Honors classes.
(c) To register for his classes.
(d) To get his school picture taken.

3. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(b) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(c) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.
(d) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?

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

3. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?

4. Which item of Manny's clothing caused him embarrassment during his meeting with Mr. Hart at the school?

5. When he watches the way that the Mexican man in the next row over moves gracefully and efficiently while picking peppers, at what job did Manny say the man would excel?

(see the answer key)

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