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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) In the winter, the mulberry trees lost their leaves and gave a stately air to the houses' yards.
(b) In the summer, the lawn sprinklers gave their yards a festive atmosphere.
(c) In the fall, the golden leaves turned their yards brilliant colors.
(d) In the spring, the grass was green and abundant.

2. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?
(a) He watched his dad knock another man to the floor with one punch.
(b) He watched a guy hit the bartender over the head with a liquor bottle.
(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.

3. When Manuel was trying to shoot Rebecca, what alerted Manny to the fact that the police had arrived?
(a) Sophie screaming that the police were coming.
(b) Police lights.
(c) The sound of deeply-threaded tires against asphalt.
(d) Police sirens.

4. What did Manny's mother do upon hearing him curse?
(a) She told him calmly that he was grounded for the next week.
(b) She smacked him in the mouth.
(c) She yelled at him in Spanish.
(d) She pleaded with Manny's father to discipline him when they arrived home.

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

6. Though Stinky was in Manny's grade at school, how much older was he than Manny?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Two years older.
(c) One year older.
(d) Four years older.

7. Where did Rebecca tell Magda to go once she and Manny had returned home from the pool hall?
(a) In the back bedroom to watch Pedi.
(b) To the pool hall.
(c) To their neighbor Sophie's house.
(d) To her friend Linda's house.

8. What metaphor did Manny use to describe what Manuel would feel like upon seeing Manny arrive home in a white, middle-class guy's car?
(a) "The worst acid I could have poured down his throat" (45).
(b) "The worst acid I could have poured into his stomach" (45).
(c) "The worst acid I could have mixed into his drink" (45).
(d) "The worst acid I could have swiped across his forehead" (45).

9. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)
(a) He meant that his grandfather believed that family should come before everything else in life.
(b) He meant that his grandfather was an extremely hard worker.
(c) He meant that his grandfather believed in organ and blood donation.
(d) He meant that his grandfather would do whatever he could for anyone in need.

10. 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 told the people to run when they saw the first van.
(b) They claimed that they had told them to bribe the Immigration officers.
(c) They claimed that they had encouraged the Mexicans not to run.
(d) They claimed that they had warned the Mexicans earlier in the day that there was a possibility of a raid.

11. What did Manuel refuse to do that caused him to be taken to jail by the policemen?
(a) He refused to let them seize his rifle.
(b) He refused to let the police search the house.
(c) He refused to tell Rebecca that he was sorry.
(d) He refused to lie on the ground.

12. 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) Shortstop.
(b) Ballerina.
(c) Conductor.
(d) Engineer.

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

14. When Pedi was helping Manuel pick up the bullets he had dropped onto the ground, Manuel picked up a bullet as well. What did he do with it?
(a) He gave it to Manuel.
(b) He threw it in the trash can.
(c) He gave it to Pedi.
(d) He put it in his pocket.

15. What was Manuel searching for when he knocked all of Rebecca's ceramic animal collection all over the floor?
(a) Love notes.
(b) Sophie's phone number.
(c) Bullets for his rifle.
(d) Liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Manny's $20 located when Manuel took it from him?

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

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

4. Though Manny's mother wanted him to attend a better high school, his father disagreed. What did he want Manny to do instead?

5. As Manny's father walked away from the car that would not start, what did Bobby and Stinky do to annoy him?

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