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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Don Porfirio's mounted police tell the Lopez family they are to do for the troops coming to the village?

2. What role do the younger boys play when the older boys allow them to play bullfights with them?

3. Where do the children play bullfight?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the difference in the way older boys and younger boys play in Jalco?

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

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

5. Why is Ernie so angry with his mother as they journey to Tepic?

6. Why do Josy and Gustavo leave Jalco in Part One, Section 9?

7. How does Ernie describe his new home in Mazatlan?

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

9. What presence do Americans have in the barrio?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain the purpose of tone and some ways that tone is communicated in a novel or nonfiction book. What is the tone of Barrio Boy?

Essay Topic 2

Education is seen throughout the story. What are the various ways Ernie was educated? How does Ernie's education in Mexico differ from his education in the U.S.A.?

Essay Topic 3

Please analyze how descriptive language is used in Barrio Boy. What are the various types of descriptive language an author can use and how it affects a story. How did it affect Barrio Boy?

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