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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?
(a) She said that milk drained into the gutter.
(b) She said that he flirted with other women.
(c) She said that he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.
(d) She said that he could have been at home helping her with chores.

2. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?
(a) Because the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(b) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(c) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.
(d) Because there was no shade over that row of peppers.

3. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?
(a) Rico's Pool Hall.
(b) Rich's Pool Hall.
(c) The Big Lawn.
(d) Puerto's Pool Hall.

4. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?
(a) They were unaccustomed to the heat of the day, so sweat kept running in their eyes and blinding them.
(b) Nardo kept stopping to watch the girls at the weighing area, and Manny kept stopping to watch the other pickers' quickness.
(c) Their row was too low to the ground, so they had to squat uncomfortably in order to pick the peppers.
(d) They had not yet learned the proper techniques of picking peppers.

5. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.
(b) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(c) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.
(d) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In contrast to Manny's father's method of worrying aloud, Manny said his mother was more quiet and would take which two actions while she worried?

3. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?

4. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?

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

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