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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rafa noticing about the wife on Friday?
(a) Her gray hair.
(b) Her shadow.
(c) Her sunburn.
(d) Her expensive handbag.

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

3. "Friday," Chapter Eight begins with the children at what age?
(a) 30 and 28.
(b) 9 and 7.
(c) 19 and 17.
(d) 5 and 3.

4. What is something the Grandmothers to All do NOT do?
(a) Keep an eye on the community.
(b) Help women in need.
(c) Give local tours to the tourists.
(d) Make natural products out of seeds, honey, and other raw materials.

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

6. When Rafa made cigarette runs all day, only buying one cigarette at a time, how did Rosalinda feel?
(a) Happy to see him busy.
(b) Excited from all the attention.
(c) Nonplussed.
(d) Annoyed by his need for her attention.

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

8. What is clear about the angel?
(a) She is stunning.
(b) She does not have wings.
(c) She is much taller than most women.
(d) She is one of the local performers.

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

10. The narrator describes the protective and loving nature of what inanimate object?
(a) The family’s home.
(b) The outdoor couch.
(c) The crystal.
(d) The mulberry tree.

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

12. The Explorer asked if Rosalinda could fix a costume that had been torn. If so, he would pay her how much?
(a) Double.
(b) Triple.
(c) $5.
(d) $10.

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

14. Rufina is always the first up and does what before Rafa finds out?
(a) Spends time with Baby.
(b) Puts away all the dishes that Rosalinda has taken out.
(c) Mows the grass.
(d) Talks to the angel.

15. When Rafa enters the house on Friday, what does he leave open?
(a) The cellar.
(b) His bedroom door.
(c) The front door.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Officer Armijo thinks back to high school and how he longed for Rufina. How did Rufina view him?

2. Who is located on the portál of the government building?

3. Rufina wants her brother gone and to spend her days doing what?

4. Later that summer that Rafa is remembering in the "Friday" section, the couple from where would arrive?

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

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