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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Manny ask Mr. Hart to drop him off so as to avoid being seen by his neighbors or family members?
(a) At Rico's Pool Hall.
(b) At the supermarket three blocks away from his house.
(c) At the entry gate to the projects.
(d) By the irrigation ditch behind the projects.

2. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A chinaberry branch.
(c) His watch.
(d) His hat.

3. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?
(a) She said that milk drained into the gutter.
(b) She said that he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.
(c) She said that he flirted with other women.
(d) She said that he could have been at home helping her with chores.

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

5. What two activities most often occurred at the Big Lawn?
(a) Soccer and football.
(b) Baseball and softball.
(c) Baseball and football.
(d) Badminton and bocce ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?

3. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?

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

5. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Nardo being the one that "jeered at the [Immigration] officers" the loudest as the people were led away and put into vans?

2. What was the main reason Nardo was reluctant to work in the fields?

3. Why was Manuel immediately furious when he saw Manny get out of Mr. Hart's car?

4. What was the lost job that Nardo missed the most and why?

5. What is significant about how Rebecca behaved during the scene in which the police came into the Hernandez's home?

6. What happened to alert Rebecca that Manuel was angry with Manny and that that was the reason he would not leave the pool hall after spending Manny's $20 on alcohol?

7. What details does Manny reveal to the reader about his teacher Mr. Hart?

8. Why did Manny travel to his school even though it is still summer?

9. What effect does the simile have on the reader when Manny saw a van coming toward the fields and described it as "approaching like a dog sneaking up on a bush" (13)?

10. What did Nardo's grandmother mean when she said, "Es muy vivo" about Nardo?

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