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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 3 (through page 27).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the stream that runs through Jalcocotbn?
(a) It has no name.
(b) Pico Rio.
(c) Arroyo.
(d) The Rio Grande.

2. Besides drinking water, what does the stream deliver to the village?
(a) Alga.
(b) Fish.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Driftwood.

3. What type of work does Don Catarino do?
(a) He is a field worker in the mountain's corn patches.
(b) He is a construction worker in the next village.
(c) He works as a foreman at a rock quarry.
(d) He works on a coffee plantation.

4. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as being a public place in his village?
(a) The plaza.
(b) The street.
(c) The chapel.
(d) The watering hole.

5. What do the residents of Jalcocotbn do with their trash?
(a) They burn it every week in a large ditch.
(b) They throw it in a ditch alongside the street.
(c) They bury it in a nearby cave.
(d) They throw it into the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ernie's mother keep her knick-knacks and heirlooms?

2. How much older than Ernie is Josy?

3. According to the author in Section 1, what is the psychological importance of the story?

4. What is the importance of the city of Jalcocotbn to the author?

5. What are the corrals in the back of the cottages built out of?

(see the answer key)

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