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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 4 (through page 32).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material were the cottages in the village made of?
(a) Brick.
(b) Grass.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Stones.

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

3. What slang term for cowardly is used by Ernie's mother in Part One, Section 4?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Scaredy cat.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Spineless.

4. How much older than Ernie is Josy?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who comments that buzzards are "chickens"?

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

4. What outdoor activity did the men of a Jalcocotbn participate in if the weather permitted?

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

(see the answer key)

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