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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arturo escape from Vera at the bar?
(a) He loses himself in a pinball game
(b) He pretends to be sick
(c) He sneaks out from the men's room to a back alley
(d) He joins a group of friends and leaves

2. Arturo leaves feeling proud about:
(a) Being superior to Sammy
(b) Being a writer
(c) Being an American
(d) Being Italian

3. How does the author tell us that Vera is an older woman?
(a) He mentions the odor of aging
(b) She is weak and unstable
(c) She is dressed in old fashioned clothes
(d) Her years of experience betray her age

4. Arturo comments that the restaurant's expensive Scotch is:
(a) Delicious
(b) Cheap
(c) Nasty
(d) Rotgut

5. Arturo asks Camilla if her huaraches:
(a) Hurt her feet
(b) Help her emphasize that she is a filthy greaser
(c) Could be any shabbier
(d) Are her way of making a statement about herself

Short Answer Questions

1. The hot sand in Los Angeles is coming from:

2. Arturo's memories of hotel guests are connected with:

3. What does Arturo do to Camilla when he learns he has been tricked?

4. Arturo's responds to Vera's disfigured skin by:

5. Arturo looks at himself in the mirror and tells himself:

(see the answer key)

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