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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rafa hide to mourn his mother?
(a) In his mother’s tomb.
(b) Under her bed.
(c) In his room.
(d) Under the mulberry tree.

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

3. What is Rosalinda's nightly routine?
(a) Haunting the town.
(b) Curling up with Rafa.
(c) Crying under the mulberry tree.
(d) Emptying the cupboards.

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

5. Who is located on the portál of the government building?
(a) Rufina and Rafa.
(b) Officer Armijo.
(c) The Original Enduring Ones.
(d) The angel.

6. Later that summer that Rafa is remembering in the "Friday" section, the couple from where would arrive?
(a) Chile.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Honduras.

7. What is necessary with the presence of the dead among the living?
(a) A candle.
(b) An angel.
(c) Incense.
(d) Trouble.

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

9. In "Friday," Chapter Ten, the angel is flying where?
(a) Up in the sky.
(b) Through the woods.
(c) Onto the roof.
(d) To town.

10. What does Rafa do to the male tourist, when no one is looking, on Friday?
(a) He gives him money.
(b) He pickpockets him.
(c) He pushes him.
(d) He tells him his fortune.

11. Why does the angel pound at the door?
(a) She is very angry with them.
(b) She wants everyone's full attention.
(c) She is not sure the children hear her.
(d) She is worried something is wrong with the children.

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

13. What was the relationship between the mother and the Explorer?
(a) The Explorer and mother were husband and wife.
(b) The Explorer and mother were enemies.
(c) The Explorer treated their mother as if she were his wife.
(d) The Explorer and mother were close friends.

14. In Chapter Two, where does the reader meet the angel?
(a) On the roof of the family home.
(b) Propped up against the wall of the Five and Dime.
(c) On the portál of the government building.
(d) On the kitchen countertop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Friday," Chapter Eight begins with the children at what age?

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

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

4. When Rafa cannot get in Rufina’s locked door, what does he do?

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

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