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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 is tied between the horns of the steer skull when the boys play bullfights?
(a) A cactus leaf.
(b) A piece of rope.
(c) A flower.
(d) A red ribbon.

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?
(a) Brave and scared.
(b) Chicken and buzzard.
(c) Gallo and chicken.
(d) Small and large.

3. How do Ernie and his cousins view the rooster?
(a) As lazy.
(b) As brave.
(c) As a scaredy cat.
(d) As stupid.

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

5. What reassurance does Ernie's mother give him about the rooster.
(a) That he will not hurt Ernie.
(b) That he will not hurt the chickens.
(c) That he is a smart animal.
(d) That he is the bravest rooster in the area.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ernie first learn about the physical differences between boys and girls?

5. What trait does Ernie find more important about the rooster than his intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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