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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 must a boy do before he can begin the courtship process?
(a) Leave his parents home and build his own.
(b) Gain land.
(c) Be saved by the holy church.
(d) Learn to work as his father does.

2. What type of food does the restaurant where Ernie works serve?
(a) Pork stew.
(b) Garbanzo chower.
(c) Seafood.
(d) Tacos.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernie first learn about the physical differences between boys and girls?

2. How many rooms does Ernie's new home in Jalco have?

3. Where do Ernie and his family stay the first night of their travels to Tepic?

4. According to Henriqueta where else did Christopher Columbus discover besides the U.S.?

5. How do Catarino and Gustavo think Nerun got sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the various jobs help by Ernie's family while in Tepic?

4. What is the family's plan to leave Tepic?

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

6. What does Ernie see as they approach Tepic?

7. What role does the forest play to the residents of Jalco?

8. What happens when the soldiers come to Jalco?

9. What is one of the signs of manhood Ernie describes?

10. What are some effects of the flooding in Jalco?

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