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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. What foods does Ernie learn to eat like a man?
(a) Atole and panocha .
(b) Jalapenos.
(c) Tamales.
(d) Chipotle.

2. What is suggested after the author's stories circulate at a scholarly meeting?
(a) That he make a movie.
(b) That he write a book.
(c) That he speak at more scholarly meetings.
(d) That he stop telling stories.

3. What type of fruit is cooked overnight in a hole in the ground?
(a) Pinapples.
(b) Mangoes.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Apples.

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

5. Where does Dosa Eduvijes sit when she is ready to tell her tales?
(a) Right outside the doors of the town chapel.
(b) On the front step of her little hut.
(c) On a brick bench in the plaza.
(d) On the big rock at the bank of the pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?

2. The use of what words in Part One, Section 4 can be seen as adding to the sense of division between men and women?

3. How does Ernie receive his education, for the most part?

4. Why does Coronel attack a buzzard?

5. Who is the beheaded hero that the men in the village sometimes sing about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ernie describe his friend's funeral?

2. How does Ernie react when he sees Coronel mating with the hen?

3. What is the layout of the village of Jalco?

4. What is pinole and what is it for?

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

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

7. What is the Lopez family's opinion of and experience with the priest?

8. How does the author describe his relatives in Jalco?

9. How does Jalco keep its history alive?

10. Why does the author state that he initially was compelled to write this story?

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