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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, Chapter Six - Chapter Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 puts money in the basket.
(c) She begins to sing.
(d) She attempts to dance.

2. 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?
(a) They have different mothers.
(b) Rufina wears sunblock, where Rafa does not.
(c) They have different fathers.
(d) Rufina stays in the shade and Rafa works out in the sun.

3. As the narrator describes the day workers, of what does he or she take note?
(a) Their lack of training.
(b) Their laziness.
(c) Their burden of freedom.
(d) Their need for financial support.

4. When is the only time that Rafa is calm?
(a) When he is with his mother.
(b) When he is near his sister.
(c) When he is performing in the plaza.
(d) When he is traveling or on an island surrounded by water.

5. Rafa repeats his mother’s name over and over again, like what, to remind himself that he is still alive?
(a) Someone with a mental illness.
(b) A broken record.
(c) He chorus of a song.
(d) A mantra.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old are Rufina and Rafa?

3. What is Rosalinda's nightly routine?

4. Rafa, as he listens to his sister and mother from under the bed on Friday, remembers back to what?

5. What was the relationship between the mother and the Explorer?

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