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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animals did Ernie's family leave behind in Jalco?
(a) All answers are right.
(b) Coronel.
(c) The hens.
(d) Relbmpago.

2. What two things are the soldiers looking for when they come to Jalco?
(a) Gold and weapons.
(b) Criminals and alcohol.
(c) Alcohol and weapons.
(d) Weapons and young men.

3. What is the term used for Mexicans that have grown up in California?
(a) Nunos.
(b) Pochos.
(c) Papas.
(d) Californians.

4. How do many of the neighborhood residents view doctors in Mazatlan?
(a) They hate all doctors.
(b) They do not know what doctors are.
(c) They are supicious of them and try to remedy themselves.
(d) They like doctors but simply cannot afford to go to them.

5. Who is the gang leader of the boys of the brewery?
(a) El Mercado.
(b) El Huilo.
(c) El Wampole.
(d) El Perico.

6. What treat does Ernie buy from the vendors when his mother gives him money?
(a) Mango and chili powder.
(b) Pan dulce.
(c) A brown sugar stick.
(d) Taffy.

7. What role do the younger boys play when the older boys allow them to play bullfights with them?
(a) The bull.
(b) The picadores.
(c) Fans.
(d) The matadores.

8. Where do Ernie and Henriqueta finally arrive at the end of Part Three?
(a) Gustavo's house.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Hotel Espasol.
(d) El Rey Hotel.

9. What is the name of the forest where the measles patients are quarantined in Part Three?
(a) El Nanchi.
(b) El Capitan.
(c) El Negro.
(d) El Marcho.

10. Where does Josy plan to meet Gustavo when they arrive in the U.S.?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Phoenix.

11. How does Ernie feel about sandwiches the first time he eats one?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He loves it.
(c) It makes him sick.
(d) He thinks it is distasteful.

12. What is tied between the horns of the steer skull when the boys play bullfights?
(a) A piece of rope.
(b) A red ribbon.
(c) A flower.
(d) A cactus leaf.

13. Which of the following activities do Americans do that Ernie sees as strange?
(a) They grab each others hands and shake them.
(b) They leave their hats on while inside.
(c) They say "howdy."
(d) They chew on toothpicks.

14. How do Catarino and Gustavo think Nerun got sick?
(a) By being bitten by a rabid animal.
(b) Cancer.
(c) By eating a sick animal.
(d) Heart worms.

15. Who is it that kills Nerun because he is sick?
(a) Josy.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Ernie.
(d) Catarino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a capataz?

2. How does Ernie react when he sees the American soldiers helping people off the train?

3. What book does Ernie ask Mr. Howard to find for him?

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

5. What part of Ernie's is sore from the long horse ride to Tepic?

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