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

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?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Shortstop.
(d) Conductor.

3. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?
(a) Studying a caterpillar in her hands.
(b) Playing Jacks on the porch.
(c) Erasing sparrow tracks from the dusty porch.
(d) Asking her father to take her with him to the pool hall.

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

5. 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 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 the plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.