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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saturday, Chapter Eight – Chapter Thirteen .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a sign that the angel is coming?
(a) There is a bright light.
(b) The air is suddenly thick.
(c) Baby starts to cry.
(d) The air gets cold.

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

3. What is Rufina’s response to Officer Armijo, when he steps in during the commotion in the plaza on Friday?
(a) She pushes him out of her way.
(b) She asks him if he has no one else to bother.
(c) She thanks him.
(d) She ignores him.

4. What does Rufina do to call for Baby?
(a) She shakes a rattle.
(b) She sings.
(c) She gets out her binoculars.
(d) She has a special whistle.

5. Rufina wants her brother gone and to spend her days doing what?
(a) Reading quietly alone.
(b) Performing in the plaza.
(c) Nursing her dead baby.
(d) Ignoring her dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To calm down her anxiety on Saturday morning, what does Rufina do?

4. As Rufina’s anxiety increases she does her usual reasoning with her panic. What is that?

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

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