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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the Immigration officers had departed with their prisoners, what did everyone left claim they had done to help the Mexican people?
(a) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.
(b) They claimed that they had told the people to run when they saw the first van.
(c) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.
(d) They claimed that they had warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.

2. 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) The weighing area workers paid the pickers right after announcing their loads.
(c) It was a job that required little to no equipment investment.
(d) The location of the chili fields was hidden and unlikely to attract Immigration officers.

3. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?
(a) The Garcia brothers.
(b) Rico.
(c) Mr. Sanchez.
(d) Manny.

4. 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 he flirted with other women.
(b) She said that he wasted time he could have been looking for a job.
(c) She said that he could have been at home helping her with chores.
(d) She said that milk drained into the gutter.

5. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?
(a) He said he had been working closest to that row, so he deserved the spoils.
(b) He was stronger than the two men who challenged him, so he won the short shoving contest.
(c) He was the only one who knew how to undo the complex knots tied at the top of the sacks.
(d) He grabbed them before anyone else, so he said he had solidified his rights to their contents.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Rebecca tell Magda to go once she and Manny had returned home from the pool hall?

3. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?

4. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?

5. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?

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