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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 Manuel came in the room and recognized what was happening, what did he say?
(a) Leave her alone.
(b) Put her in water.
(c) Take her to the hospital.
(d) My own daughter.

2. What need did Lencho have after the fight that Manny fulfilled after taking pity on him?
(a) He needed a drink of water.
(b) He needed help climbing out of the ring.
(c) He needed his bloody nose packed.
(d) He needed his gloves removed.

3. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(b) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.
(c) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.
(d) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.

4. What did Miss Van der Meer do when she realized Manny did not understand her literary reference to Hotspur?
(a) She jogged his memory about the book's reference since she knew all freshmen had read it.
(b) She told him the plot of the story she had been referencing.
(c) She brought him into her classroom and read from a literary work.
(d) She said it did not matter and told Manny to forget it.

5. 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 peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(d) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity did the initiation rite known as the Test of Courage entail?

2. How did Manny signal to Mr. Hart that he had enough money for school supplies?

3. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?

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

5. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)

(see the answer key)

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