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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. Rufina wants her brother gone and to spend her days doing what?
(a) Performing in the plaza.
(b) Ignoring her dead mother.
(c) Nursing her dead baby.
(d) Reading quietly alone.

2. Rufina realizes on Friday that, if she does what, her mother's ghost has to stay put?
(a) Closes her eyes.
(b) Keep doors closed.
(c) Listens to music.
(d) Sings.

3. What was the relationship between the mother and the Explorer?
(a) The Explorer treated their mother as if she were his wife.
(b) The Explorer and mother were husband and wife.
(c) The Explorer and mother were enemies.
(d) The Explorer and mother were close friends.

4. How many months apart are the siblings?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 24 months.
(d) 20 months.

5. In "Friday," Chapter Three, Rafa sends his attention in the direction of the wife, and, noticing, what does she do?
(a) She hides behind her husband.
(b) She begins to sing.
(c) She attempts to dance.
(d) She puts money in the basket.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Rufina head straight into the house on Friday?

2. In Rufina's dream, the ancestral women push, pull, and beat on Rufina, as if she were what?

3. As the angel looks at her watch in the beginning of the story, about what does she think?

4. In the "Friday" section flashback, what does Rufina take that she has found stashed away by her brother?

5. Rufina initially does not sing but does what in the plaza on Saturday?

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