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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. Who is this story about?
(a) The angel.
(b) The Explorer.
(c) Siblings Rufina and Rafa.
(d) Rosalinda.

2. How does the narrator account for the different personalities and take on life of Rufina and Rafa?
(a) They were raised differently.
(b) They have different fathers.
(c) They were born in different seasons.
(d) They had different schooling.

3. What does Rufina reassure Baby?
(a) Soon her brother will be gone and the two of them will be a family.
(b) Rufina will give Baby a sibling.
(c) Baby will be alive soon.
(d) Baby will go to heaven with the angel.

4. When Rufina tries to begin her song about Baby on Saturday, she cannot. Why?
(a) Her throat is sore.
(b) She has a cold.
(c) She has forgotten the words.
(d) She is too distraught.

5. With Rufina and Rafa’s mother dead, what has happened to the siblings?
(a) They seem to have reverted back to childhood.
(b) They have been separated.
(c) They have grown in maternity.
(d) They have left their hometown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On "Saturday," Chapter One, what is one thing that does NOT bother Rufina?

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

4. What are names the Explorer gave those located on the portál of the government building?

5. In a shop that purchased Rosalinda’s sewing, she stood next to the Explorer for the first time. What about him attracted her attention?

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