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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Cleofas' age?
(a) 75.
(b) 82.
(c) 91.
(d) It does not say.

3. What foods does Ernie learn to eat like a man?
(a) Chipotle.
(b) Tamales.
(c) Atole and panocha .
(d) Jalapenos.

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

5. What similarity can be seen between Coronel and Don Catarino?
(a) They are both loud.
(b) They are both quick.
(c) They are both very intelligent.
(d) They are both the head of their "households."

6. What animal is shared by the entire village?
(a) The goat.
(b) The cow.
(c) The horse.
(d) The rooster.

7. 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 the chickens.
(c) That he is a smart animal.
(d) That he will not hurt Ernie.

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

9. What is the name of the time when Indian tribes had their own system of authority?
(a) The time of the Aztecs.
(b) The time of old.
(c) Pre-columbian era.
(d) Before the conquest.

10. How is the daily lifestyle in Jalcocotbn as seen in Section 2 best described?
(a) Static.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Always changing.
(d) Stressful.

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

12. 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 you have to be extra sneaky.
(d) That someone is always watching.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ernie and his cousins view the rooster?

2. What city is located about 40 kilometers away from Jalcocotbn?

3. What trait does Ernie find more important about the rooster than his intelligence?

4. What instrument does Uncle Josy play?

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

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