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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Friday," Chapter Five, the narrator flashes back to when?
(a) Rufina and Rafa in high school with Lucio.
(b) The first time the family met the angel.
(c) Rufina and Rafa were little children.
(d) The time right before Rufina coaxed her brother out from under the bed.

2. Rufina realizes on Friday that, if she does what, her mother's ghost has to stay put?
(a) Closes her eyes.
(b) Sings.
(c) Keep doors closed.
(d) Listens to music.

3. The angel climbs through Rufina’s window and imagines Rufina how?
(a) As a baby.
(b) As a young girl at age nine, then 12, then 14 and pregnant.
(c) As an old woman.
(d) As a mother.

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

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

6. 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 Grandmothers to All.
(d) The angel.

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

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

9. On Friday, when Rufina asks her, very-much-present-yet-dead mother what she was up to, what is Rosalinda's response?
(a) I want to continue making your life miserable, even though I am dead.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It is none of Rufina's business.
(d) I am trying to haunt you.

10. At the beginning of "Friday," Chapter Nine, Rafa, missing his mother, wants to do what?
(a) Be close to his sister.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Return to a quiet island.
(d) Run away.

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

12. What did Rosalinda do the day the Explorer left?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She moved to a new home.
(c) She burned his apron.
(d) She committed suicide.

13. Officer Armijo starts his car and knows that when he is having dinner with his wife and four sons that evening, his mind will be on what?
(a) His wife and family.
(b) Rosalinda.
(c) The siblings.
(d) Rufina.

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

15. In this flash back in "Friday," Chapter Eight, it is a Saturday in the summer and the children follow their mother as she tries to sell what?
(a) Her trinkets.
(b) Her pottery.
(c) Her sewing.
(d) Her paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on Friday when the male tourist, fully entranced by Rufina, attempts to dance with her?

2. As the narrator describes the day workers, of what does he or she take note?

3. In Rufina's dream, the ancestral women push, pull, and beat on Rufina, as if she were what?

4. Rafa repeats his mother’s name over and over again, like what, to remind himself that he is still alive?

5. Rufina goes to her room and picks up what two objects?

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