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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Mr. Hart left, Manny felt how angry Manuel was and he wanted to run away. What prevented him from running away?
(a) He says he knew he had to stay and receive his punishment.
(b) He said he knew he would get a more severe beating later if he ran.
(c) He did not want to alert Rebecca to what was happening by running inside.
(d) He said his legs felt paralyzed.

3. When Stinky broke a bone in Manny's little finger, what lie did he tell his mother about how he got hurt?
(a) He said he got it caught in the rungs of a ladder.
(b) He said he broke it sliding into second base.
(c) He said that Magda hit it with an iron when he was helping her at her laundry job.
(d) He said he got it caught in a joint of jungle gym.

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

5. What object did Manuel hit his own head with when he was trying to show Manny how fed up he was with Rebecca?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A liquor bottle.
(d) A bottle of pills.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?

2. What location was Manny's father's favorite place in the world?

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

4. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?

5. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallel did Manny draw between his grandfather Ignacio's personality and his own personality?

2. What is the significance of Manuel's words to Manny after he snatched the $20l from Manny's pocket?

3. Why was it so uncomfortable for Manny to be within the weighing area where the chili peppers were weighed out for measuring how much each person would be paid?

4. What caused Rebecca to think that Manuel was somewhere in the pool hall even though Rico told her that Manuel had gone home?

5. What details does Manny reveal to the reader about his teacher Mr. Hart?

6. What did Manuel do with the $20 he took from Manny's pocket?

7. What is significant about how Rebecca behaved during the scene in which the police came into the Hernandez's home?

8. Why did Manny travel to his school even though it is still summer?

9. What did Manny mean when he said, "Miracles don't wait for doubters" (8) once Nardo had agreed to come work in the fields with him?

10. How is the theme of racism demonstrated within the scene when Manny asks the secretary for his transcripts?

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