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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
(d) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.

2. What did Manuel exclaim when he first arrived home from the Pool Hall after a two-day binge?
(a) "Everybody come out here now!"
(b) "It's all over now!"
(c) "I'm home!"
(d) "I got a job!"

3. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?
(a) It had belonged to her late husband.
(b) She had asked him to bring her the lawnchair.
(c) It was dirty with grime.
(d) She wondered if it would support her weight.

4. Why did Nardo have a hard time climbing inside his bedroom window when he was trying to sneak back inside the house?
(a) Because he was afraid of heights.
(b) Because Manny had moved the milk crate that Nardo used as a ladder.
(c) Because he was drunk.
(d) Because the window was stuck and would not open wider.

5. What did Magda do that signaled to her family that her fever had broken and she was going to be fine?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She looked suddenly alert and surprised to see them standing over her.
(c) She asked for food.
(d) She told them she felt better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most serious consequence levied upon Lencho for losing the fight against Boise?

2. When Magda came outside to comfort Manny after she and Nardo had been teasing him, what did Manny say to make her go quiet and go back inside the house?

3. What did Manny describe as the two main activities that students did in Miss Van der Meer's English classes?

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

5. After Rebecca took Manny out of the pool hall, what did Manny see his father doing when he looked through the window at him?

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