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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saturday, Chapter One – Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is clear about the angel?
(a) She is much taller than most women.
(b) She is one of the local performers.
(c) She does not have wings.
(d) She is stunning.

2. On "Saturday," Chapter One, what is one thing that does NOT bother Rufina?
(a) The angel refuses to help her.
(b) There are not enough tourists in the plaza.
(c) Her plan for saving her brother may not work.
(d) Her mother is dead but will not leave.

3. As Rufina’s anxiety increases she does her usual reasoning with her panic. What is that?
(a) Please do not panic!
(b) Breathe in. Breathe out.
(c) One, Two, Three.
(d) You're okay. You're okay.

4. The narrator describes the townspeople, as Rufina and Rafa perform in "Saturday," Chapter Two. Who does he NOT describe?
(a) The dishwashers and their cracked hands.
(b) The Original Enduring Ones selling their wares on blankets.
(c) The foreign clerks selling goods from China.
(d) The government officials on their way to work.

5. With Rufina and Rafa’s mother dead, what has happened to the siblings?
(a) They have grown in maternity.
(b) They have been separated.
(c) They have left their hometown.
(d) They seem to have reverted back to childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sign that the angel is coming?

2. On Saturday, what does Rufina do when she sees the angel on the bench?

3. As Rufina sings her siren song on Friday, the narrator describes her voluptuous breasts and light skin and Rafa’s darker complexion. Why do they look so different?

4. On Friday, where is Rosalinda found resting?

5. On Friday, when Rufina asks her, very-much-present-yet-dead mother what she was up to, what is Rosalinda's response?

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