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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 6 (to page 45).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dosa Eduvijes sit when she is ready to tell her tales?
(a) On the front step of her little hut.
(b) On a brick bench in the plaza.
(c) Right outside the doors of the town chapel.
(d) On the big rock at the bank of the pond.

2. What is it that Dosa Eduvijes put in her mouth as she tells her stories?
(a) A pepper.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A straw of hay.
(d) A bottle of liquor.

3. What type of work does Don Catarino do?
(a) He works as a foreman at a rock quarry.
(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 on a coffee plantation.

4. What is the hanging platform called that Ernie slept on as a child?
(a) A cama.
(b) A hammock.
(c) A mesa.
(d) A tapanco.

5. What is the name of the family rooster?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Pablo.
(c) Senor Rooster.
(d) Coronel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the original settlers of Jalcocotbn choose that location to settle?

2. What is the central theme of Cleofas' version of Jalco's history?

3. What did the Spaniards do to some of the Indians when they came to Mexico?

4. What is Don Chencho's profession?

5. How does Ernie learn to roast coffee beans?

(see the answer key)

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