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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Nardo get fired from his busboy job?
(a) He broke some dishes.
(b) He danced with a guest.
(c) He came late too many times.
(d) He dated the boss's daughter without permission.

2. What does the Spanish word "perico" (51) mean?
(a) Ocean.
(b) Mimic.
(c) Oven.
(d) Parrot.

3. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?
(a) On Sundays when the family went to church.
(b) On car rides to see the Christmas light displays.
(c) On occasions when he visited his uncle.
(d) On hot days when he and his friends would play in the lawn sprinklers.

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

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 hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(b) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(c) He watched a guy smack another guy with a cue stick and knock him unconscious.
(d) He watched a guy throw a cue ball and knock another man's teeth out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?

2. Who was left in the house when Manuel finally came home from his drinking binge?

3. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?

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

5. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

(see the answer key)

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