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

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

3. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?
(a) An ability to use any ingredients to make a superb meal.
(b) A sixth sense for seeing trouble coming.
(c) A marvelous work ethic.
(d) A knack for getting people to like him.

4. What simile did Manny use on page 39 to describe the tie that Mr. Hart always wore?
(a) "Thin as an exclamation point."
(b) "Red as a chili pepper."
(c) "Black as a shadow."
(d) "Slender as a snake."

5. Where was Manny's $20 located when Manuel took it from him?
(a) In his hand.
(b) In his shirt pocket.
(c) In his pants pocket.
(d) In his shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What object did Manuel use to signal Manny that he wanted him to go his room?

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

4. When Manny described a fight he had once seen at the pool hall, what did he say about it?

5. Besides his drinking, what was the other reason Manny's mother hated for Manny's father to go to the pool hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of "otherness" emerge within the aftermath of the Immigration officers' removal of the illegal immigrants from the field?

2. Why was Manuel immediately furious when he saw Manny get out of Mr. Hart's car?

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

4. What is ironic about Nardo being the one that "jeered at the [Immigration] officers" the loudest as the people were led away and put into vans?

5. What was the lost job that Nardo missed the most and why?

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

7. 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?

8. What did Nardo's grandmother mean when she said, "Es muy vivo" about Nardo?

9. What kind of relationship did Manny's father and mother have?

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

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