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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. What must a boy do before he can begin the courtship process?
(a) Be saved by the holy church.
(b) Leave his parents home and build his own.
(c) Learn to work as his father does.
(d) Gain land.

2. What role do the younger boys play when the older boys allow them to play bullfights with them?
(a) The picadores.
(b) The matadores.
(c) Fans.
(d) The bull.

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

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

5. Between what ages do young men in Jalco ask for a girl's hand in marriage?
(a) Between 12 to 16 years old.
(b) Between 21 and 26 years old.
(c) Between 18 to 21 years old.
(d) Between 16 to 18 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides "rooster" what does the Spanish word gallo mean?

2. What reassurance does Ernie's mother give him about the rooster.

3. How high are the sidewalks where Ernie lives in the Mazatlan?

4. What is a zopilote?

5. Why does Coronel attack a buzzard?

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