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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 location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?
(a) The Big Lawn.
(b) Rich's Pool Hall.
(c) Puerto's Pool Hall.
(d) Rico's Pool Hall.

2. 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 ruler.
(b) A liquor bottle.
(c) A bottle of pills.
(d) A rifle.

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

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

5. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.
(b) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(d) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?

2. 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?

3. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?

4. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

5. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallel did Manny draw between his grandfather Ignacio's personality and his own personality?

2. What did Manuel do with the $20 he took from Manny's pocket?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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)?

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

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

10. 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?

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