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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Lopez's held at Angel Island when they come by boat to the U.S?
(a) Because they are criminals.
(b) Because that is where they requested to be dropped off.
(c) Because that is as far as the boat goes.
(d) Because they are in quarantine.

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

3. Which of the following roles do Americans not have in the barrio?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Residents.
(d) Rent collectors.

4. Who are the only individuals Ernie and Henriqueta socialize with while they stay in Tucson?
(a) The family that lives across from them.
(b) The mailman that comes by once a day.
(c) The old couple they are renting a room from.
(d) The father of the local church.

5. What do Don Porfirio's mounted police tell the Lopez family they are to do for the troops coming to the village?
(a) They are to make them breakfast.
(b) They are to come out and cheer for them.
(c) They are to pay them their taxes.
(d) They are to do whatever they ask.

6. Who does Ernie work for in California?
(a) A nearby restaurant.
(b) The Chinese laundryman.
(c) His landlady.
(d) The milk man.

7. Why does Henriqueta give Ernie an emulsion called Wampole?
(a) To help him with his toothache.
(b) To help him recover from a cold.
(c) So that he will gain weight.
(d) For his gas.

8. What does Ernie play with the light bulbs in his Tucson hotel room?
(a) Lightening.
(b) Flash.
(c) Bright light.
(d) On off.

9. What are haciendas?
(a) Open fields.
(b) Small communities.
(c) Houses.
(d) Commercial farms.

10. How many rooms does Ernie's new home in Jalco have?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. What example does Ernie give that shows there are safety concerns in Tepic?
(a) The landlady bars the doors of the patio at night.
(b) Everyone is in their homes by twilight.
(c) Ernie's mother purchases a gun.
(d) Gustavo sleeps with a knife near his bed.

12. Which of the following characters contracts measles in Part Three of the story?
(a) Juan-Chon.
(b) Henriqueta.
(c) Ernie.
(d) Josy.

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

14. What book does Ernie ask Mr. Howard to find for him?
(a) The Three Little Pigs.
(b) The Hardy Boys.
(c) Tio Tonche.
(d) Commentaries on the Common Law of England.

15. To what city does Gustavo go to find work?
(a) Tepic.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Ensenada.
(d) El Cajon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is Ernie in when he starts school in Mazatlan?

2. How old is the landlady's helper in Tepic?

3. What is the most significant difference in daily chores that Ernie notes in Part Two, Section 1?

4. Who is the gang leader of the boys of the brewery?

5. What does Ernie call the men who stand outside stores yelling their slogans?

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