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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. How much do the siblings find in the wallet that Rafa had stolen?
(a) $200.
(b) $15.
(c) $50.
(d) $0.

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

3. What is Rufina's response when Rafa reminds her that what they are doing this weekend is just what the Explorer had used them for to earn money?
(a) Rufina ignores Rafa completely.
(b) Rufina tells him that it is different now, because they are in control.
(c) Rufina tells him there is nothing else they are capable of doing.
(d) Rufina says it is nothing like what he made them do.

4. In Rufina's dream, the ancestral women push, pull, and beat on Rufina, as if she were what?
(a) Mud and being created.
(b) A stone being carved.
(c) Dirty laundry being washed and hung out to dry.
(d) An animal meant to plow the field.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Officer Armijo starts his car and knows that when he is having dinner with his wife and four sons that evening, his mind will be on what?

2. How does the narrator account for the different personalities and take on life of Rufina and Rafa?

3. What is necessary with the presence of the dead among the living?

4. Rufina is always the first up and does what before Rafa finds out?

5. When Rafa enters the house on Friday, what does he leave open?

(see the answer key)

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