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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Section 3 (to page 171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ernie first learn about the physical differences between boys and girls?
(a) By watching the girls bathe in the river.
(b) By reading magazines.
(c) By hearing stories told by the older boys.
(d) By watching old black and white films.

2. How high are the sidewalks where Ernie lives in the Mazatlan?
(a) A foot high.
(b) Six or seven feet above the street.
(c) Six inches high.
(d) There are no sidewalks where Ernie lives.

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

4. Why is Ernie not allowed in the party for the poor children?
(a) Because he did not have an invitation.
(b) Because he is not dirty and must not be poor.
(c) Because he has not combed his hair.
(d) Because he is wearing shoes.

5. What are haciendas?
(a) Small communities.
(b) Houses.
(c) Commercial farms.
(d) Open fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through whose story does Ernie explain the traditional way a boy learns his fathers work?

2. What is tied between the horns of the steer skull when the boys play bullfights?

3. Ernie comments that the world is made of two types of men, those on horseback and what other type of men?

4. At what age do the boys in the village begin taking on manual labor?

5. Why does Coronel attack a buzzard?

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