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

2. 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.

3. Where did Rebecca find Manuel hiding within the confines of the pool hall?
(a) In the men's room.
(b) In the ladies' room.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the alleyway.

4. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(b) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(c) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.
(d) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What meaning did Manuel ascribe to the note that Rebecca had left him about going to get her hair done at Sophie's?

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

3. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?

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. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Manny's daydream about being on the baseball team and having people looking at him?

3. How did Mr. Hart give Manny $20 even though Manny had refused it?

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

5. 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?

6. How does the theme of "otherness" emerge within the aftermath of the Immigration officers' removal of the illegal immigrants from the field?

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

8. How is the theme of racism demonstrated within the scene when Manny asks the secretary for his transcripts?

9. What emotions did Nardo display while he watched the Mexican man pick peppers in the row next to his?

10. 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?

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