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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?
(a) One year older.
(b) Two years older.
(c) Four years older.
(d) Three years older.

3. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?
(a) Rich's Pool Hall.
(b) The Big Lawn.
(c) Puerto's Pool Hall.
(d) Rico's Pool Hall.

4. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?
(a) 80.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

5. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?
(a) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.
(b) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.
(c) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(d) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.

6. Once the Immigration officers had departed with their prisoners, what did everyone left claim they had done to help the Mexican people?
(a) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.
(b) They claimed that they had warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.
(c) They claimed that they had told the people to run when they saw the first van.
(d) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.

7. What did Manny do in Mr. Hart's office when Mr. Hart motioned for him to sit down?
(a) He walked to the window and looked outside.
(b) He sat down.
(c) He remained standing.
(d) He left.

8. Manny told Manuel that if he shot Rebecca, he would be thrown in jail. Manny asked Manuel to think of what would happen to Manuel's children then. Manuel replies that he only cares about one family member. Who is it?
(a) Magda.
(b) Pedi.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Manny.

9. After Mr. Hart left, Manny felt how angry Manuel was and he wanted to run away. What prevented him from running away?
(a) He said he knew he would get a more severe beating later if he ran.
(b) He did not want to alert Rebecca to what was happening by running inside.
(c) He says he knew he had to stay and receive his punishment.
(d) He said his legs felt paralyzed.

10. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(b) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(c) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.
(d) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.

11. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Chains.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Boomerangs.
(d) Baseball bats.

12. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?
(a) Yelled insults at him.
(b) Whistled at him.
(c) Sprayed a hose in his direction.
(d) Threw gravel at him.

13. Who tried to buy Manuel a drink after Rebecca found Manuel's hiding place?
(a) Mr. Hart.
(b) Mr. Sanchez.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Manny.

14. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Ammonia.

15. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?
(a) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of high school and to start taking classes at the community college.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.
(c) Manny's father wanted him to get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?

2. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?

3. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

4. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?

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?

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