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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Section 1 (to page 85).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ernie call his Aunt Ester?
(a) Tia.
(b) Aunt Tel.
(c) Mama.
(d) Aunt Malo.

3. What is a zopilote?
(a) A hen.
(b) A goat.
(c) A buzzard.
(d) A chicken.

4. What basic skills do the adults of Jalcocotbn value?
(a) Arithmetic and language.
(b) Cooking and Arithmetic.
(c) Language and science.
(d) Science and history.

5. What do Jalco children learn by having others who are not their parents discipline them?
(a) That everyone has a different idea of what acting bad is.
(b) That it is not worth it to be bad.
(c) That someone is always watching.
(d) That you have to be extra sneaky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernie receive his education, for the most part?

2. What two things are the soldiers looking for when they come to Jalco?

3. Through whose story does Ernie explain the traditional way a boy learns his fathers work?

4. Who comments that buzzards are "chickens"?

5. According to the author, who originally settled this mountain village?

(see the answer key)

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