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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the people to run when they saw the first van.
(b) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.
(c) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.
(d) They claimed that they had warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.

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

3. What does the Spanish word "perico" (51) mean?
(a) Parrot.
(b) Mimic.
(c) Oven.
(d) Ocean.

4. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?
(a) A baseball outfielder's glove.
(b) A batting glove.
(c) A set of shin guards.
(d) A baseball bat.

5. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?
(a) He got mad at his father for staying too long at the pool hall.
(b) He saw the Garcia brothers running toward the car.
(c) He remembered that he had left his quarter inside the pool hall.
(d) He burned his arm on the car door.

6. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?
(a) Milking buckets.
(b) Sombreros.
(c) Paint cans.
(d) Banana boxes.

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

8. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?
(a) "Red as a chili pepper."
(b) "Black as a shadow."
(c) "Thin as an exclamation point."
(d) "Slender as a snake."

9. 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?
(a) Shortstop.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Conductor.
(d) Ballerina.

10. 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 winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.
(b) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(c) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.
(d) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.

11. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?
(a) Manny and Pedi.
(b) Manny.
(c) Manny and Rebecca.
(d) Manny, Pedi, and Rebecca.

12. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?
(a) He quit because of unfair pay.
(b) He drank beer during lunch and came back to work slurring his words.
(c) He called in sick too many times.
(d) He was laid off due to governmental cutbacks.

13. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Magda.
(c) The Garcia brothers.
(d) Mr. Hart.

14. 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 school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(c) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of high school and to start taking classes at the community college.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rebecca find Manuel hiding within the confines of the pool hall?

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

3. What two activities most often occurred at the Big Lawn?

4. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?

5. When Nardo filled his container more quickly than Manny did, what did he buy at the taco truck?

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