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

2. What type of food does the restaurant where Ernie works serve?
(a) Pork stew.
(b) Seafood.
(c) Garbanzo chower.
(d) Tacos.

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

4. Besides "rooster" what does the Spanish word gallo mean?
(a) Weak.
(b) Daring.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Intelligent.

5. Who comments that buzzards are "chickens"?
(a) Esther.
(b) Ernie.
(c) Henriqueta.
(d) Catarino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henriqueta give Ernie an emulsion called Wampole?

2. What is Leandro Valle?

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

4. Who is the gang leader of the boys of the brewery?

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

(see the answer key)

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