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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 into his stomach" (45).
(b) "The worst acid I could have mixed into his drink" (45).
(c) "The worst acid I could have swiped across his forehead" (45).
(d) "The worst acid I could have poured down his throat" (45).

2. 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 plants in that row were lower to the ground than those in the other rows.
(c) Because the peppers in it were very far apart from each other.
(d) Because it was covered in white pesticide dust and exhaust fume dirt.

3. When Manny arrived home and his mother told him to stop blocking the television, what had Manny been sure she had been about to ask him to do?
(a) Scrub the floor.
(b) Wash the dishes.
(c) Sweep the patio.
(d) Fold the laundry.

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

5. Why did Rebecca keep looking back over her shoulder when she was taking Manny home from the pool hall?
(a) She wanted to see if her friend Sophie was behind them.
(b) She wanted to see if a bus was coming that could take them the rest of the way home.
(c) She was afraid that Manuel was following them.
(d) She was hoping that Manuel was following them.

6. 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) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(c) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.
(d) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.

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

8. What did Manuel do when Mr. Hart moved to shake his hand?
(a) He motioned that his hands were dirty from picking mint.
(b) He shook his hand and greeted him warmly.
(c) He ignored Mr. Hart's hand.
(d) He turned his back on Mr. Hart.

9. Where did Manny ask Mr. Hart to drop him off so as to avoid being seen by his neighbors or family members?
(a) By the irrigation ditch behind the projects.
(b) At the entry gate to the projects.
(c) At the supermarket three blocks away from his house.
(d) At Rico's Pool Hall.

10. 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) Playing Jacks on the porch.
(c) Erasing sparrow tracks from the dusty porch.
(d) Studying a caterpillar in her hands.

11. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?
(a) Banana boxes.
(b) Paint cans.
(c) Sombreros.
(d) Milking buckets.

12. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?
(a) Remember to pick up milk.
(b) Be back in 20 minutes.
(c) Give the Hernandez boy $20.
(d) Send Manny's transcripts to Hawthorn School.

13. What was one reason Manny's dad did NOT cite when listing why he would not agree to apply for welfare?
(a) The money they would get would not be enough to support them anyway.
(b) Social workers would visit their home and treat them like criminals.
(c) They would make a copy of his driver's license and it would stay in the welfare office's files.
(d) The whole neighborhood would find out they were on welfare.

14. At what did Manuel point to when he asked Manny, "Don't you think I know people like this?" (47)?
(a) The back of Mr. Hart's car as he drove away.
(b) The sky.
(c) The political sign in the neighbor's front yard.
(d) The picture of the president on Manny's $20.

15. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?
(a) Rico's Pool Hall.
(b) Puerto's Pool Hall.
(c) The Big Lawn.
(d) Rich's Pool Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?

2. According to Manny, what did Mr. Hart's office smell like?

3. What item did Manny have his eye on that caused him to want to work in the fields to earn money?

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

5. Who watched Pedi while Manny and Rebecca went to the pool hall to try and get Manuel to return home?

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