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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is overheard saying that "nothing ever happens" in Jalcocotbn?
(a) Uncle Josy.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Dosa Henriqueta.
(d) Don Chano.

5. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?
(a) San Blas.
(b) Jalco.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Tepic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ernie and his mother bring to the mother of a dead boy?

2. What does the Lopez family seem to think the priests are more preoccupied with than saving souls?

3. What is the only way that Jalcocotbn is reachable?

4. What outdoor activity did the men of a Jalcocotbn participate in if the weather permitted?

5. When is pinole used?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is pinole and what is it for?

2. How does Catarino's opinion about Coronel's fight affect Ernie?

3. How does Ernie feel about the arrieros?

4. What does the author's language and description of Jalco seem to emphasize?

5. What are the government and religious institutions like in Jalco?

6. Describe Ernie's cottage.

7. What is the educational system like in Jalco?

8. What does Ernie's education in Part One, Section 5 mainly consist of?

9. How did Jalco come to exists?

10. Who are Ernie's two uncles and how does he describe them?

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