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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 7 (to page 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is aguardiente according to Ernie?
(a) Fire.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Chili juice.
(d) A bath.

2. How did the residents of the village keep the street in front of their cottages clean?
(a) Sprinkling water on it.
(b) Blocking it with stones.
(c) Hiring a street cleaner.
(d) Clearing it with a leaf blower.

3. What trait does Ernie find more important about the rooster than his intelligence?
(a) His physical strength.
(b) His speed.
(c) His bravery.
(d) His feistiness.

4. According to the author in Section 1, what is the historical importance of the story?
(a) That the story talks specifically about human rights.
(b) That the story covers never before heard history.
(c) That it is important because it is the story of his life.
(d) That many other families also migrated to the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernie call his Aunt Ester?

2. What do Jalco children learn by having others who are not their parents discipline them?

3. How do Ernie and his cousins view the rooster?

4. In part one, section 4 what trait do we see associated with femininity?

5. Which of the following can offer the village people protection from the devil?

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