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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. According to the author in Section 1, what is the psychological importance of the story?
(a) That the story sheds light on the pysche of adolescents.
(b) That the story communicates the equality of all humans.
(c) The desire to communicate his confidence in his self-image as a Mexican immigrant.
(d) The fact that this story could help others overcome tramatic experiences.

2. What is the importance of the city of Jalcocotbn to the author?
(a) He went to college there.
(b) He attended high school there.
(c) He was born there.
(d) He wants to move there some day.

3. What two items was Ernie's mother allowed to keep after the divorce?
(a) Her burro and her silver ring.
(b) Her ring and her sewing machine.
(c) Her locket and her son.
(d) Her car and her piano.

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

5. What information about Jalcocotbn is shared at the beginning of the story?
(a) Information about the political state in the city.
(b) Information about the lack of education and work in the city.
(c) Information about the financial situation.
(d) Information about it's physical characteristics and history.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the residents of the village keep the street in front of their cottages clean?

2. What kind of stories does the narrator say he tells his family?

3. What is the hanging platform called that Ernie slept on as a child?

4. How much older than Ernie is Josy?

5. How is the daily lifestyle in Jalcocotbn as seen in Section 2 best described?

(see the answer key)

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