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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ernie call his Aunt Ester?
(a) Mama.
(b) Tia.
(c) Aunt Malo.
(d) Aunt Tel.
2. How is the daily lifestyle in Jalcocotbn as seen in Section 2 best described?
(a) Static.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Always changing.
(d) Stressful.
3. How does Ernie respond when he sees the rooster trying to mate with a hen?
(a) He is alarmed.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He thinks it is gross.
(d) He does not think anything of it at all.
4. Where did Ernie's mother keep her knick-knacks and heirlooms?
(a) A small beaded bag.
(b) A cedar chest.
(c) In a large stone bowl and lid.
(d) In a paper box.
5. Who collects unbaptized children and carries them off?
(a) The Wailer.
(b) The Devil.
(c) El Chupecabra.
(d) The Weeping Woman.
6. What type of language does Gustavo teach Ernie in section 2?
(a) Pig latin.
(b) An ancient Indian language.
(c) English.
(d) Gestures.
7. What is it that provides an escape route for Jalcocotbn should an attack occur?
(a) A secret path leading up to the mountains.
(b) A hidden path through the forest.
(c) A small tunnel that is in the side of the rocky hills.
(d) A hidden cove on the coast line housing hidden boats.
8. What is Cleofas' age?
(a) 75.
(b) It does not say.
(c) 91.
(d) 82.
9. What is a zopilote?
(a) A hen.
(b) A buzzard.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A goat.
10. What is the name of the stream that runs through Jalcocotbn?
(a) The Rio Grande.
(b) It has no name.
(c) Arroyo.
(d) Pico Rio.
11. What reassurance does Ernie's mother give him about the rooster.
(a) That he is the bravest rooster in the area.
(b) That he is a smart animal.
(c) That he will not hurt the chickens.
(d) That he will not hurt Ernie.
12. At what age is it customary for adults and neighbors to take part in the child's discipline in the village of Jalco?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Fourteen.
13. In part one, section 4 what trait do we see associated with femininity?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Love.
(c) Resilience.
(d) Strength.
14. What type of work does Don Catarino do?
(a) He works on a coffee plantation.
(b) He is a field worker in the mountain's corn patches.
(c) He is a construction worker in the next village.
(d) He works as a foreman at a rock quarry.
15. What does the Lopez family seem to think the priests are more preoccupied with than saving souls?
(a) Making money.
(b) Being treated well.
(c) Saving themselves.
(d) Moving up in the church.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of wildlife is the forest around Jalcocotbn heavily populated with?
2. How does Ernie learn to roast coffee beans?
3. What is suggested after the author's stories circulate at a scholarly meeting?
4. What information about Jalcocotbn is shared at the beginning of the story?
5. What nation did General Porfirio Diaz fight in war, leading to his becoming president?
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