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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bartolo come to sell in the town in "Bartolo Passed Through..."?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Poems.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Apples.

2. What color shoes does the man from San Antonio wear in "Out"?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Orange.
(d) Black.

3. Where did the protagonist of "First Communion" burn himself on hot coals?
(a) His finger.
(b) His arm.
(c) His calf.
(d) His torso.

4. When does the narrator say that Napoleon's troops suffered a defeat against Mexican soldiers in "Under the House"?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1852.

5. Who invites in the portrait salesmen when the narrator is at his friend's house in "The Portrait"?
(a) Don Andreas.
(b) Don Ramiro.
(c) Don Julio.
(d) Don Mateo.

6. Dona Chona says of her children in "The Little Burnt Victims" that the older they get the more what they become?
(a) Educated.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Restless.

7. What does the protagonist throw rocks at in "First Communion"?
(a) A dartboard.
(b) A window.
(c) A cactus.
(d) A cat.

8. Who is the man that Ramon's girlfriend starts seeing while he is away in "Out"?
(a) Andreas.
(b) Julio.
(c) Ramiro.
(d) Juan.

9. Who was frying eggs when the fire broke out in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) Enrico.
(b) Raulito.
(c) Julio.
(d) Juan.

10. Where does the protagonist witness a couple copulating in "First Communion"?
(a) In an apartment building.
(b) Inside the church.
(c) At the cleaners.
(d) In a field.

11. From what narrative point of view is "First Communion" related?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

12. At what time do the field workers see smoke rising from the farm in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

13. What kind of crop does one character talk about, saying if they do well with it he will buy a car in "When We Arrive"?
(a) The wheat crop.
(b) The corn crop.
(c) The apple crop.
(d) The onion crop.

14. What does the protagonist ask his mother to iron for him in "First Communion"?
(a) His tie.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His pants.
(d) His shirt.

15. At what time is Confession set to take place in "First Communion"?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 6:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ramon's girlfriend get an invitation to go to the dance in "Out"?

2. One of the unnamed characters curses the life of the migrant workers in "When We Arrive." Where does this character say he will go to get a job as soon as the truck unloads?

3. Of what character does the narrator say she was very careful whenever they went to the dump in "Under the House"?

4. What is the movie about that the Garcia family has just seen at the theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

5. The truck driver in "When We Arrive" says that as soon as he drops these people off, he's going to see how things go hauling what?

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