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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 grade is Ernie in when he starts school in Mazatlan?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) First grade.
(d) Kindergarten.

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

3. What is a zopilote?
(a) A buzzard.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A hen.
(d) A goat.

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

5. Who shoots at Josy as he leaves his job building stone markers?
(a) The foreman of Josy's employer.
(b) A pro-Madero soldier.
(c) A bola.
(d) A pro-Porfirio soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernie respond when he sees the rooster trying to mate with a hen?

2. The use of what words in Part One, Section 4 can be seen as adding to the sense of division between men and women?

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

4. How do many of the neighborhood residents view doctors in Mazatlan?

5. What sign tells Ernie and Henriqueta that Josy has had a successful day of work when he returns home?

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