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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. About how many cottages does Ernie estimate are in his village?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Forty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Two hundred fifty.

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

3. How does Ernie receive his education, for the most part?
(a) By going to the local church and being taught by the Pastor.
(b) By travelling twice a week to Tepic.
(c) From watching the people around him.
(d) From his elder cousin, through homeschool.

4. What type of work does Don Catarino do?
(a) He is a construction worker in the next village.
(b) He works on a coffee plantation.
(c) He is a field worker in the mountain's corn patches.
(d) He works as a foreman at a rock quarry.

5. According to the author in Section 1, what is the psychological importance of the story?
(a) The fact that this story could help others overcome tramatic experiences.
(b) The desire to communicate his confidence in his self-image as a Mexican immigrant.
(c) That the story sheds light on the pysche of adolescents.
(d) That the story communicates the equality of all humans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the most dangerous part of the family's journey to Tepic?

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

4. Which of the following items is not found in pinole?

5. What type of wildlife is the forest around Jalcocotbn heavily populated with?

(see the answer key)

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