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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On "Saturday," Chapter One, what is one thing that does NOT bother Rufina?
(a) Her mother is dead but will not leave.
(b) The angel refuses to help her.
(c) There are not enough tourists in the plaza.
(d) Her plan for saving her brother may not work.

2. From where does the teen thief remember the angel?
(a) From his mother’s funeral.
(b) When he had a dream while fevering as a young child.
(c) With he was sick in the hospital with pneumonia.
(d) From around town.

3. What is the young thief's response when asked where the money is?
(a) He spent it.
(b) He shredded it.
(c) It blew away.
(d) He lost it.

4. As the Explorer noted everything that was missing and lacking in the home, Rosalinda did what?
(a) She grew more and more annoyed.
(b) She became very embarrassed.
(c) She became angry and shouts at him.
(d) Dreamed of him being able to provide them with all of it.

5. How does Rafa feel about being beat up by a kid?
(a) Scared.
(b) Sad.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Annoyed.

6. How did Baby die?
(a) An infection after birth.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Baby was stillborn.

7. What is a sign that the angel is upset and on the verge of tears when talking with Rufina on Saturday?
(a) She has hiccups.
(b) She cries out.
(c) Her eyes well up.
(d) She begins to sniffle.

8. What happens to the tourist couple when Rufina screams at Officer Armijo?
(a) They are scared off.
(b) They toss them the money and run.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They scream at him too.

9. On "Saturday," Chapter One, how does Rufina wake?
(a) In a sweat.
(b) Excited.
(c) Bored.
(d) Content.

10. What happens when the teen thief runs away from the angel?
(a) The angel tackles him and takes all the money.
(b) The angel lets him go.
(c) The angel calls in more angels.
(d) His shoe falls off and the money comes flying out, right into the angel’s pocket.

11. What was the Explorer's secret?
(a) He was a pediphile.
(b) He was racist.
(c) He was from the southern U.S. and had never travelled anywhere.
(d) He was from South America.

12. On Saturday, when the couple from the day before offers to give the siblings more money, what does Officer Armijo say?
(a) They cannot accept it.
(b) They can buy the duo dinner.
(c) They would gladly accept it.
(d) They can donate it to charity.

13. Rufina says that she may pretend her baby is alive, but the angel does what?
(a) Pretends to care about humanity.
(b) Pretends to be human.
(c) Pretends to love her.
(d) Pretends to be a woman.

14. The angel tells Rufina that what is coming straight for her, and she needs to be ready?
(a) A new life.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The future.
(d) A train.

15. The narrator describes the townspeople, as Rufina and Rafa perform in "Saturday," Chapter Two. Who does he NOT describe?
(a) The dishwashers and their cracked hands.
(b) The government officials on their way to work.
(c) The foreign clerks selling goods from China.
(d) The Original Enduring Ones selling their wares on blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Officer Armijo do to remind himself he is in control?

2. The tourist couple is happy to be leaving but decide that if anyone asks about their trip, they will say what?

3. On Saturday, while drunk, Rufina climbs in where?

4. Why does Rufina agree to let Officer Armijo take them home?

5. Why does anxiety set in for Rufina in "Saturday," Chapter One?

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