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

2. How many days did Manuel's drinking binge last before Rebecca and Manny went to try to get him to come home?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

3. 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 plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(c) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
(d) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.

4. 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 let the police search the house.
(d) He refused to lie on the ground.

5. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 80.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

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

4. What did Manuel do when Mr. Hart moved to shake his hand?

5. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How does the theme of domestic violence arise sharply within the scene when Manuel returns from his two-day drinking binge?

6. What was the lost job that Nardo missed the most and why?

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

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

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

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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