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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?
2. When he watches the way that the Mexican man in the next row over moves gracefully and efficiently while picking peppers, at what job did Manny say the man would excel?
3. 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?
4. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the theme of domestic violence arise sharply within the scene when Manuel returns from his two-day drinking binge?
2. What parallel did Manny draw between his grandfather Ignacio's personality and his own personality?
3. What caused Rebecca to think that Manuel was somewhere in the pool hall even though Rico told her that Manuel had gone home?
4. What was the lost job that Nardo missed the most and why?
5. What did Manuel do with the $20 he took from Manny's pocket?
6. What emotions did Nardo display while he watched the Mexican man pick peppers in the row next to his?
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 kind of relationship did Manny's father and mother have?
9. What did Nardo's grandmother mean when she said, "Es muy vivo" about Nardo?
10. Why did Manny travel to his school even though it is still summer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do housework, cleaning, and chores symbolize within the novel? Support your claim with concrete details from the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Many characters within the novel have conflicted feelings about race--their own and others'. Choose at least three scenes in which the author demonstrates the complicated nature of race relations and use quotes from the novel to support your claims about the novel's treatment of race.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss characters' fear of their own emotions within the novel's narrative. Create a strong, specific claim about the author's message regarding this topic and support your argument with concrete details from the novel.
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