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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of wildlife is the forest around Jalcocotbn heavily populated with?
(a) Birds.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Jungle cats.
(d) Bears.

2. Why does the priest expel Josy?
(a) For making up Spanish translations of a Latin ritual.
(b) For not ending this prayers correctly.
(c) For speaking during the litergy.
(d) For refusing to sing with the choir.

3. How does Ernie learn to roast coffee beans?
(a) Quickly so that they do not turn brown.
(b) On the comal.
(c) In a large kettle.
(d) WIth patience and love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. The use of what words in Part One, Section 4 can be seen as adding to the sense of division between men and women?
(a) Brave and scared.
(b) Chicken and buzzard.
(c) Gallo and chicken.
(d) Small and large.

12. When is pinole used?
(a) Birthdays.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) Only during the week.
(d) Funerals.

13. What is suggested after the author's stories circulate at a scholarly meeting?
(a) That he write a book.
(b) That he stop telling stories.
(c) That he make a movie.
(d) That he speak at more scholarly meetings.

14. How is the history of Jalco kept?
(a) Books.
(b) Geneologies.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) Heiroglyphics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comments that buzzards are "chickens"?

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

3. Besides "rooster" what does the Spanish word gallo mean?

4. What slang term for cowardly is used by Ernie's mother in Part One, Section 4?

5. What profession do Ernie and his cousins vow never to become in Part One, Section 7?

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