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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The use of what words in Part One, Section 4 can be seen as adding to the sense of division between men and women?
(a) Chicken and buzzard.
(b) Gallo and chicken.
(c) Small and large.
(d) Brave and scared.

2. What outdoor activity did the men of a Jalcocotbn participate in if the weather permitted?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Surfing.
(d) Hiking.

3. What two items was Ernie's mother allowed to keep after the divorce?
(a) Her ring and her sewing machine.
(b) Her locket and her son.
(c) Her car and her piano.
(d) Her burro and her silver ring.

4. What type of wildlife is the forest around Jalcocotbn heavily populated with?
(a) Bears.
(b) Birds.
(c) Jungle cats.
(d) Snakes.

5. What is the name of the time when Indian tribes had their own system of authority?
(a) Pre-columbian era.
(b) Before the conquest.
(c) The time of old.
(d) The time of the Aztecs.

6. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?
(a) Tepic.
(b) San Blas.
(c) Jalco.
(d) Mexico City.

7. What kind of stories does the narrator say he tells his family?
(a) Tales of Mexican mythology.
(b) Anecdotes about the village where he was born.
(c) Proverbs that he learned from his mother.
(d) The story of the freedom of Central America.

8. About how many cottages does Ernie estimate are in his village?
(a) Two hundred fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy.

9. What slang term for cowardly is used by Ernie's mother in Part One, Section 4?
(a) Spineless.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Scaredy cat.
(d) Yellow.

10. Where are weddings and baptisms held?
(a) The temple of El Senor del Cielo.
(b) The Iglesia del Hijo.
(c) The shrine of Nuestra Sesora de Talpa.
(d) The chapel.

11. In part one, section 4 what trait do we see associated with femininity?
(a) Love.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Resilience.
(d) Strength.

12. Who makes ropes and crates in the village?
(a) Don Valasguez.
(b) Don Aparicio.
(c) Don Carlo.
(d) Don Marco.

13. What are the corrals in the back of the cottages built out of?
(a) Straw.
(b) Stones.
(c) Wood.
(d) Thatch.

14. Which of the following can offer the village people protection from the devil?
(a) The sign of the cross.
(b) Our Lady of Talpa.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Holy water.

15. What is a zopilote?
(a) A hen.
(b) A buzzard.
(c) A goat.
(d) A chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dosa Eduvijes sit when she is ready to tell her tales?

2. What is the hanging platform called that Ernie slept on as a child?

3. What do Ernie and his mother bring to the mother of a dead boy?

4. What trait does Ernie find more important about the rooster than his intelligence?

5. What is the central theme of Cleofas' version of Jalco's history?

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