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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. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.
(b) In the men's room.
(c) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(d) On a stool at the far end of the bar.

2. 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) Wash the dishes.
(d) Sweep the patio.

3. How did Manny signal to Mr. Hart that he had enough money for school supplies?
(a) He mimed writing with a pencil.
(b) He patted his pocket.
(c) He shook his head no.
(d) He nodded his head.

4. Though Manny described the houses in their project development as being not "pretty or stylish" (23) he said that sometimes they had one quality that made them beautiful. What was that one quality?
(a) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.
(b) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.
(c) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(d) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.

5. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?
(a) His hat.
(b) His watch.
(c) A chinaberry branch.
(d) A cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?

2. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?

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

4. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?

5. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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