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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 is the name of the time when Indian tribes had their own system of authority?
(a) The time of the Aztecs.
(b) Before the conquest.
(c) Pre-columbian era.
(d) The time of old.

2. What two items was Ernie's mother allowed to keep after the divorce?
(a) Her locket and her son.
(b) Her ring and her sewing machine.
(c) Her car and her piano.
(d) Her burro and her silver ring.

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

4. What do Ernie and his mother bring to the mother of a dead boy?
(a) All answers are right.
(b) A vase.
(c) A book of prayers.
(d) Flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of book is the one printed book Dona Henriqueta owns?

2. How much older than Ernie is Josy?

3. What is the hanging platform called that Ernie slept on as a child?

4. What type of animal is the family pet while Ernie lives in Jalco?

5. Besides "rooster" what does the Spanish word gallo mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ernie describe the various animals in Part One, Section 3?

4. What does Dosa Eduvijes do and why?

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

6. How did Jalco come to exists?

7. What does Coronel's protection of the hens reinforce for Ernie?

8. What is music in Jalco like and used for?

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

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

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