View a FREE sample

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 type of fruit is cooked overnight in a hole in the ground?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Pinapples.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Apples.

2. Which of the following items is not found in pinole?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Corn.
(c) Lemon Leaves.
(d) Cinnamon.

3. What do Ernie and his mother bring to the mother of a dead boy?
(a) All answers are right.
(b) A vase.
(c) A book of prayers.
(d) Flowers.

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

5. What reassurance does Ernie's mother give him about the rooster.
(a) That he is the bravest rooster in the area.
(b) That he will not hurt Ernie.
(c) That he is a smart animal.
(d) That he will not hurt the chickens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the residents of Jalcocotbn do with their trash?

3. What basic skills do the adults of Jalcocotbn value?

4. When is pinole used?

5. What is aguardiente according to Ernie?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample