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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?
(a) A batting glove.
(b) A set of shin guards.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A baseball outfielder's glove.

2. 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 Manuel.
(b) He gave it to Pedi.
(c) He put it in his pocket.
(d) He threw it in the trash can.

3. What was Magda's reply when she came back from her date and Manny asked her why her hair was messy?
(a) She said she needed a haircut.
(b) She said it was windy outside.
(c) She said she had lost her bobby pins.
(d) She said she had been kissing a boy.

4. What feature did Grandma Rosa say that each of her neighbors' houses had sported before they had all moved away to have their houses torn down?
(a) A fountain.
(b) A porch swing.
(c) A picket fence.
(d) A garden.

5. When Magda went to meet a boy behind the house and Rebecca was putting things away at Grandma Rosa's and Manny stayed home to watch Pedi, where was Manuel?
(a) At work.
(b) At Grandma Rosa's helping Rebecca.
(c) At the bar.
(d) At Rico's Pool Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was one fruit that did NOT grow on the tree Manny's grandfather had created by grafting many different branches together?

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

4. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?

5. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?

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