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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Friday" section flashback, what does Rufina take that she has found stashed away by her brother?
(a) A rope.
(b) Their mother's pain pills.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) A bottle of alcohol.

2. Rufina dreams about the Grandmothers to All who look more like who or what than old ladies?
(a) Young women.
(b) Elves.
(c) Rufina’s ancestors.
(d) Tourists.

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

4. In Rufina's dream, the ancestral women push, pull, and beat on Rufina, as if she were what?
(a) A stone being carved.
(b) Mud and being created.
(c) Dirty laundry being washed and hung out to dry.
(d) An animal meant to plow the field.

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. 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 bangs on it.
(d) He picks the lock.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Who is sitting on the couch listening to the confrontation between mother and daughter on Friday?
(a) The Original Enduring Ones.
(b) Officer Armijo.
(c) The angel.
(d) The Grandmothers to All.

12. Where does Rafa consider squirting hot sauce?
(a) Up his nose.
(b) At Rufina.
(c) In his mouth.
(d) At Baby.

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

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

15. In "Friday," Chapter Three, Rafa sends his attention in the direction of the wife, and, noticing, what does she do?
(a) She begins to sing.
(b) She puts money in the basket.
(c) She attempts to dance.
(d) She hides behind her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Friday, where is Rosalinda found resting?

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

3. The angel climbs through Rufina’s window and imagines Rufina how?

4. What does Rufina reassure Baby?

5. Officer Armijo steps in during the commotion on the plaza on Friday and and asks for what from the duo?

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