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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 was Manny's $20 located when Manuel took it from him?
(a) In his shirt pocket.
(b) In his hand.
(c) In his shoe.
(d) In his pants pocket.

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

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

4. What metaphor did Manny use to describe what Manuel would feel like upon seeing Manny arrive home in a white, middle-class guy's car?
(a) "The worst acid I could have poured into his stomach" (45).
(b) "The worst acid I could have poured down his throat" (45).
(c) "The worst acid I could have mixed into his drink" (45).
(d) "The worst acid I could have swiped across his forehead" (45).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Manny do in Mr. Hart's office when Mr. Hart motioned for him to sit down?

2. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?

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

4. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mr. Hart take a roundabout way when he took Manny home?

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

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

4. 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)?

5. Why was it so uncomfortable for Manny to be within the weighing area where the chili peppers were weighed out for measuring how much each person would be paid?

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

7. What caused Rebecca to think that Manuel was somewhere in the pool hall even though Rico told her that Manuel had gone home?

8. What did Manny mean when he said, "Miracles don't wait for doubters" (8) once Nardo had agreed to come work in the fields with him?

9. What is the significance of Manuel's words to Manny after he snatched the $20l from Manny's pocket?

10. What kind of relationship did Manny's father and mother have?

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