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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 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) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.
(c) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.
(d) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.

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

3. What meaning did Manuel ascribe to the note that Rebecca had left him about going to get her hair done at Sophie's?
(a) He was angry that she was spending money on hairstyling.
(b) He thought Rebecca wanted to leave him.
(c) He thought it symbolized how little time she spent with him as of late.
(d) He thought that Rebecca was not at Sophie's but was instead out cheating on him.

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

5. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(b) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(c) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.
(d) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?

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

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

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. Who tried to buy Manuel a drink after Rebecca found Manuel's hiding place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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