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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. 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 need for financial support.
(d) Their burden of freedom.

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

3. In the "Friday" section flashback, what does Rufina take that she has found stashed away by her brother?
(a) Their mother's pain pills.
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) A bottle of alcohol.
(d) A rope.

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

5. On Friday, where is Rosalinda found resting?
(a) Under the mulberry tree.
(b) On an old couch under the apricot tree.
(c) On her bed.
(d) On her rocking chair on the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Officer Armijo steps in during the commotion on the plaza on Friday and and asks for what from the duo?

2. When Rafa made cigarette runs all day, only buying one cigarette at a time, how did Rosalinda feel?

3. What is the angel doing as she leans against a tree outside in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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