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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. Who collects unbaptized children and carries them off?
(a) The Wailer.
(b) The Devil.
(c) El Chupecabra.
(d) The Weeping Woman.

2. According to the author, who originally settled this mountain village?
(a) Indian ancestors.
(b) Spanish conquistadors.
(c) Immigrants from Central America.
(d) American settlers in the West.

3. What do Don Porfirio's mounted police tell the Lopez family they are to do for the troops coming to the village?
(a) They are to pay them their taxes.
(b) They are to come out and cheer for them.
(c) They are to make them breakfast.
(d) They are to do whatever they ask.

4. What information about Jalcocotbn is shared at the beginning of the story?
(a) Information about the political state in the city.
(b) Information about it's physical characteristics and history.
(c) Information about the financial situation.
(d) Information about the lack of education and work in the city.

5. What kind of stories does the narrator say he tells his family?
(a) Tales of Mexican mythology.
(b) Proverbs that he learned from his mother.
(c) Anecdotes about the village where he was born.
(d) The story of the freedom of Central America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?

2. What is tied between the horns of the steer skull when the boys play bullfights?

3. What is the only way that Jalcocotbn is reachable?

4. What type of work does Don Catarino do?

5. What do Ernie and his mother bring to the mother of a dead boy?

(see the answer key)

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