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

2. Which item of Manny's clothing caused him embarrassment during his meeting with Mr. Hart at the school?
(a) His pants.
(b) His hat.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His belt.

3. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?
(a) He was laid off due to governmental cutbacks.
(b) He called in sick too many times.
(c) He quit because of unfair pay.
(d) He drank beer during lunch and came back to work slurring his words.

4. When Manny and Rebecca got to the pool hall to find Manuel, who told Rebecca that Manuel had already gone home?
(a) Rico.
(b) The Garcia brothers.
(c) Manny.
(d) Mr. Sanchez.

5. 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 kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(b) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(c) In the men's room.
(d) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?

3. What occasions did Manny mention were the only times he had been to the middle-class neighborhoods across town?

4. 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?

5. How did Nardo end up as the victor in the fight over the sacks of peppers in the row next to his?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What effect does the simile have on the reader when Manny saw a van coming toward the fields and described it as "approaching like a dog sneaking up on a bush" (13)?

6. How does the theme of domestic violence arise sharply within the scene when Manuel returns from his two-day drinking binge?

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

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

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

10. What happened to alert Rebecca that Manuel was angry with Manny and that that was the reason he would not leave the pool hall after spending Manny's $20 on alcohol?

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