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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 remembered that he had left his quarter inside the pool hall.
(b) He got mad at his father for staying too long at the pool hall.
(c) He burned his arm on the car door.
(d) He saw the Garcia brothers running toward the car.

3. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
(a) He said he had been working closest to that row, so he deserved the spoils.
(b) He was the only one who knew how to undo the complex knots tied at the top of the sacks.
(c) He grabbed them before anyone else, so he said he had solidified his rights to their contents.
(d) He was stronger than the two men who challenged him, so he won the short shoving contest.

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) The location of the chili fields was hidden and unlikely to attract Immigration officers.
(d) It was a job that required little to no equipment investment.

5. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?
(a) He refused to let the police search the house.
(b) He refused to let them seize his rifle.
(c) He refused to lie on the ground.
(d) He refused to tell Rebecca that he was sorry.

6. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(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) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.

7. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?
(a) Sophie's phone number.
(b) Love notes.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Bullets for his rifle.

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

9. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(b) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.
(c) On Sundays when the family went to church.
(d) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.

10. 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 warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.
(c) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.
(d) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.

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

12. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Three days.

13. 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 his legs felt paralyzed.
(b) He says he knew he had to stay and receive his punishment.
(c) He said he knew he would get a more severe beating later if he ran.
(d) He did not want to alert Rebecca to what was happening by running inside.

14. In contrast to Manny's father's method of worrying aloud, Manny said his mother was more quiet and would take which two actions while she worried?
(a) She would bite her nails and look at the sky.
(b) She would lie down on the couch and refuse to move.
(c) She would give the family the silent treatment and throw herself into housework.
(d) She would glare at Manny's father and tap her foot.

15. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A bottle of pills.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A liquor bottle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

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

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

4. When Pedi was helping Manuel pick up the bullets he had dropped onto the ground, Manuel picked up a bullet as well. What did he do with it?

5. At what did Manuel point to when he asked Manny, "Don't you think I know people like this?" (47)?

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