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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Manny do in Mr. Hart's office when Mr. Hart motioned for him to sit down?
(a) He remained standing.
(b) He sat down.
(c) He left.
(d) He walked to the window and looked outside.

2. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) In the men's room.
(b) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(c) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(d) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.

3. What did the Garcia brothers have in their hands when they were chasing the dog?
(a) Baseball bats.
(b) Boomerangs.
(c) Chains.
(d) Sticks.

4. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?
(a) Manny's father wanted him to stay in his current school and to do whatever he could to succeed there.
(b) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of school and get a dishwashing job to start working his way up in the world.
(c) Manny's father wanted him to get a job at the local slaughterhouse and to begin an apprenticeship.
(d) Manny's father wanted him to drop out of high school and to start taking classes at the community college.

5. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?
(a) A sixth sense for seeing trouble coming.
(b) An ability to use any ingredients to make a superb meal.
(c) A marvelous work ethic.
(d) A knack for getting people to like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Rebecca took Manny out of the pool hall, what did Manny see his father doing when he looked through the window at him?

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

3. Why did Manny decide to head back home after his altercation with the Garcia brothers was over?

4. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?

5. 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?

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