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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Small and large.
(b) Brave and scared.
(c) Gallo and chicken.
(d) Chicken and buzzard.

2. What is aguardiente according to Ernie?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Fire.
(c) Chili juice.
(d) A bath.

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

4. What nation did General Porfirio Diaz fight in war, leading to his becoming president?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) United States.
(d) Portugal.

5. What do the residents of Jalcocotbn do with their trash?
(a) They throw it in a ditch alongside the street.
(b) They burn it every week in a large ditch.
(c) They bury it in a nearby cave.
(d) They throw it into the ocean.

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

7. What does Ernie call his Aunt Ester?
(a) Mama.
(b) Aunt Malo.
(c) Aunt Tel.
(d) Tia.

8. What type of book is the one printed book Dona Henriqueta owns?
(a) A cookbook.
(b) A comic book.
(c) A bible.
(d) A novella.

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

10. Who makes ropes and crates in the village?
(a) Don Aparicio.
(b) Don Valasguez.
(c) Don Marco.
(d) Don Carlo.

11. What type of language does Gustavo teach Ernie in section 2?
(a) Pig latin.
(b) An ancient Indian language.
(c) English.
(d) Gestures.

12. What instrument does Uncle Josy play?
(a) The maracas.
(b) The drum.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The Harmonica.

13. What type of animal is the family pet while Ernie lives in Jalco?
(a) A cat.
(b) A goat.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A dog.

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

15. How much older than Ernie is Josy?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?

2. What is the name of the time when Indian tribes had their own system of authority?

3. How is the history of Jalco kept?

4. Where did Ernie's mother keep her knick-knacks and heirlooms?

5. Which of the following items is not found in pinole?

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