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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 do the wooden crosses that Ernie sees on his journey to Tepic mean?
(a) They represent saints that watch over travelers' safety.
(b) The show where churches once stood.
(c) They mark spots where other travelers have died.
(d) They remind travelers to pray.

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

3. What is the name of the most dangerous part of the family's journey to Tepic?
(a) The devil's backbone.
(b) The spine.
(c) The dead saints highway.
(d) The dark path.

4. In Part Four, about how many tenants are there in Ernie's apartment building?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

5. What is the most significant difference in daily chores that Ernie notes in Part Two, Section 1?
(a) That Ernie must do "girl" chores now.
(b) How laundry and bathing are done in tubs.
(c) How you cannot throw trash into the street in Tepic.
(d) That there are no chickens to care for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ernie comments that the world is made of two types of men, those on horseback and what other type of men?

2. Where do the children play bullfight?

3. Why does Henriqueta give Ernie an emulsion called Wampole?

4. Where do Ernie and Henriqueta finally arrive at the end of Part Three?

5. While staying in Acaponeta, where do Ernie and his mother spend Sunday afternoons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the haciendas and Ernie's opinion of them?

2. How does Ernie allude to the dangers of living in a city like Tepic?

3. What is Ernie and Henriqueta's short experience in Tucson like?

4. What presence do Americans have in the barrio?

5. How does Ernie describe the Devil's Backbone?

6. What is Ernie's meeting with Juan-Chon like in Part Three?

7. What role does Dosa Florencia play in Ernie's neighborhood?

8. What happens to the Galarzas as they arrive in the U.S.?

9. What differences between Americans and Mexicans does Ernie note in Part Three?

10. What happens to Ernie's tooth in Mazatlan?

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