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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?
(a) Because she wanted to let herself cool down before she talked to Manuel.
(b) Because she wanted to talk to Sophie about how she could leave Manuel without getting hurt.
(c) Because she wanted to pretty herself up since she felt terrible about embarrassing Manuel.
(d) Because she wanted to talk to Sophie about taking care of Pedi for a few weeks while she tried to repair her marriage.

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

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

7. Why did Rebecca keep looking back over her shoulder when she was taking Manny home from the pool hall?
(a) She wanted to see if a bus was coming that could take them the rest of the way home.
(b) She wanted to see if her friend Sophie was behind them.
(c) She was hoping that Manuel was following them.
(d) She was afraid that Manuel was following them.

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

9. When Manny arrived home and his mother told him to stop blocking the television, what had Manny been sure she had been about to ask him to do?
(a) Sweep the patio.
(b) Scrub the floor.
(c) Wash the dishes.
(d) Fold the laundry.

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

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

12. What did Manny's mother do upon hearing him curse?
(a) She yelled at him in Spanish.
(b) She pleaded with Manny's father to discipline him when they arrived home.
(c) She smacked him in the mouth.
(d) She told him calmly that he was grounded for the next week.

13. 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) Manny.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Pedi.
(d) Magda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?

2. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?

3. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?

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

5. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?

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