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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the children play bullfight?
(a) In the plaza.
(b) In the pasture.
(c) In the corrals.
(d) By the river.

2. What does Ernie call the men who stand outside stores yelling their slogans?
(a) Street criers.
(b) Salesmen.
(c) Zagubn.
(d) Yellers.

3. Why do Josy and Gustavo leave Jalco in Part One, sections 9 and 10?
(a) To go to university.
(b) Because they are ready to move on to bigger things.
(c) To avoid being forced into military service.
(d) Because they want an adventure.

4. How does Ernie react when he sees the American soldiers helping people off the train?
(a) He thinks it is exciting.
(b) He is frightened.
(c) He is overjoyed.
(d) He is angry at the soldiers.

5. Where is Ernie when his mother returns home at night from helping attend to a sick person?
(a) Hiding under his bed.
(b) At the well.
(c) Sitting at the dinner table.
(d) Playing outside in the dark.

6. What is the name of the most dangerous part of the family's journey to Tepic?
(a) The dark path.
(b) The devil's backbone.
(c) The dead saints highway.
(d) The spine.

7. What are supporters of Don Porfirio called?
(a) Maderistas.
(b) Porfiristas.
(c) Revolucionarios
(d) Caballeros.

8. What part of Ernie's is sore from the long horse ride to Tepic?
(a) His rear.
(b) His head.
(c) His groin.
(d) His back.

9. According to Henriqueta where else did Christopher Columbus discover besides the U.S.?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) China.
(c) Mazatlan.
(d) Jalco.

10. What does Ernie's mother have him take to Juan-Chon while on the train?
(a) A note.
(b) Something to drink.
(c) A piece of candy.
(d) Two tacos.

11. How high are the sidewalks where Ernie lives in the Mazatlan?
(a) Six or seven feet above the street.
(b) There are no sidewalks where Ernie lives.
(c) Six inches high.
(d) A foot high.

12. What does Josy call the guerrilla soldiers that live in the mountains?
(a) Malos.
(b) Bolas.
(c) Autoridades.
(d) Revolucionarios.

13. What astronomical sight does Ernie mention seeing during his last year in Jalco?
(a) A lunar eclipse.
(b) Sighting of Venus.
(c) Halley's Comet.
(d) A falling star.

14. While staying in Acaponeta, where do Ernie and his mother spend Sunday afternoons?
(a) The orchard.
(b) Church.
(c) The market.
(d) The river.

15. Besides electricity, what other modern convenience does Ernie learn about when they arrive in Tucson?
(a) Telegrams.
(b) Plumbing.
(c) Motor cars.
(d) Street lights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ernie comments that the world is made of two types of men, those on horseback and what other type of men?

2. Why does Henriqueta give Ernie an emulsion called Wampole?

3. Why are the Lopez's held at Angel Island when they come by boat to the U.S?

4. What do Don Porfirio's mounted police tell the Lopez family they are to do for the troops coming to the village?

5. Where do Ernie and his family stay the first night of their travels to Tepic?

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