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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the narrator describes the day workers, of what does he or she take note?
(a) Their lack of training.
(b) Their laziness.
(c) Their burden of freedom.
(d) Their need for financial support.

3. Rufina goes to her room and picks up what two objects?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Combs.
(d) Shells.

4. How long ago did Rufina and Rafa's mother die?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 4 hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rosalinda do the day the Explorer left?

2. When Rafa made cigarette runs all day, only buying one cigarette at a time, how did Rosalinda feel?

3. 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?

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

5. To whom does Rufina head straight into the house on Friday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rufina and Rafa treat their mother, upon returning to their home in "Friday," Chapter Six?

2. How does the angel see Rufina in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

3. What does Rafa want to do in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

4. How does Rafa describe the nightmarish bath he experienced once with his mother?

5. What takes place in "Friday," Chapter Eight?

6. Describe the angel.

7. How has the death of their mother affected Rufina and Rafa, at the beginning of the story?

8. What do the children know about their mother's ancestors?

9. Why is Rufina concerned that the angel has arrived in "Friday," Chapter Seven?

10. How are the Original Enduring Ones described?

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