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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cleofas consider as a basic human right?
(a) A man's freedom to work for himself.
(b) The right to marry whoever you choose.
(c) Access to clean water.
(d) A person's right to have an education.

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

3. According to the author in Section 1, what is the psychological importance of the story?
(a) That the story communicates the equality of all humans.
(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) The fact that this story could help others overcome tramatic experiences.

4. What is the importance of the city of Jalcocotbn to the author?
(a) He attended high school there.
(b) He went to college there.
(c) He was born there.
(d) He wants to move there some day.

5. What type of tree is located at the edge of the pond in Jalcocotbn?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Olive.
(c) Maple.
(d) Walnut.

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

7. Where does Dosa Eduvijes sit when she is ready to tell her tales?
(a) On the big rock at the bank of the pond.
(b) On a brick bench in the plaza.
(c) Right outside the doors of the town chapel.
(d) On the front step of her little hut.

8. What does the Lopez family seem to think the priests are more preoccupied with than saving souls?
(a) Saving themselves.
(b) Making money.
(c) Being treated well.
(d) Moving up in the church.

9. How do Ernie and his cousins view the rooster?
(a) As stupid.
(b) As brave.
(c) As lazy.
(d) As a scaredy cat.

10. What is Don Chencho's profession?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a beer maker.
(c) He makes bedstands.
(d) He is a teacher.

11. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as being a public place in his village?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The watering hole.
(c) The street.
(d) The plaza.

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

13. Besides drinking water, what does the stream deliver to the village?
(a) Driftwood.
(b) Alga.
(c) Fish.
(d) Ducks.

14. What material were the cottages in the village made of?
(a) Stones.
(b) Grass.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Brick.

15. Who is the beheaded hero that the men in the village sometimes sing about?
(a) Zorro.
(b) Catalino.
(c) Rafael.
(d) Don Juan Pedro.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the men in Jalco sing?

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

3. What type of fruit is cooked overnight in a hole in the ground?

4. At what age is it customary for adults and neighbors to take part in the child's discipline in the village of Jalco?

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

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