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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. When Pedi was helping Manuel pick up the bullets he had dropped onto the ground, Manuel picked up a bullet as well. What did he do with it?
(a) He gave it to Pedi.
(b) He gave it to Manuel.
(c) He threw it in the trash can.
(d) He put it in his pocket.

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

3. According to Manny, what did Mr. Hart's office smell like?
(a) Savory.
(b) Peppery.
(c) Salty.
(d) Sweet.

4. When Manny arrived home and his mother told him to stop blocking the television, what had Manny been sure she had been about to ask him to do?
(a) Scrub the floor.
(b) Fold the laundry.
(c) Sweep the patio.
(d) Wash the dishes.

5. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?
(a) The weighing area workers paid the pickers right after announcing their loads.
(b) The spicy pollen emanating from the peppers bothered most people, but Mexicans used to utilizing peppers in their cooking were not bothered.
(c) It was a job that required little to no equipment investment.
(d) The location of the chili fields was hidden and unlikely to attract Immigration officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?

2. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?

3. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?

4. What had the Garcia brothers done to make Manny's father so mad at them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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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