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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. When Rafa cannot get in Rufina’s locked door, what does he do?
(a) He climbs through her window.
(b) He bangs on it.
(c) He picks the lock.
(d) He sleeps on the couch outside.

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

3. How does "Friday," Chapter One, begin?
(a) Rafa is reading the tourists’ shadows.
(b) The Explorer has just arrived in the plaza.
(c) The sister, Rufina, sings a melancholy song about a lost baby.
(d) Rosalinda is running for her life.

4. As the angel looks at her watch in the beginning of the story, about what does she think?
(a) How late she is running.
(b) What time she should meet the siblings.
(c) Ways that time can be constructed.
(d) She needs a new watch.

5. Every time Baby disappears, what happens?
(a) It is harder to find.
(b) It shrinks.
(c) It is easier to find.
(d) It grows bigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Friday," Chapter Ten, the angel is flying where?

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

3. What happens on Friday when the male tourist, fully entranced by Rufina, attempts to dance with her?

4. The narrator describes the protective and loving nature of what inanimate object?

5. On Friday, where is Rosalinda found resting?

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