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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) The Grandmothers to All.
(b) Officer Armijo.
(c) The angel.
(d) The Original Enduring Ones.

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

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

4. In this town, what could Rosalinda pretend?
(a) She had friends.
(b) She was safe.
(c) She was from here.
(d) She fit in.

5. The narrator says, if we are quiet, we do what?
(a) See angels.
(b) See and hear the dead.
(c) Hear and feel the earth.
(d) Hear the earth crying out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a sign that the angel is coming?

3. How much do the siblings find in the wallet that Rafa had stolen?

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

5. In "Friday," Chapter Five, the narrator flashes back to when?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about listening to the earth, in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

2. What does the reader know about the Explorer, based on the "Friday" section of the book?

3. What does "Friday," Chapter Ten continue to reveal about Rufina and her desires?

4. How does the mother react to Rafa's attention-seeking cigarette runs?

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

6. Describe the arrival of the angel in "Friday," Chapter Seven.

7. Describe the angel.

8. How does Rafa deal with the presence of his dead mother?

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

10. How do both Rafa and Rufina feel about the presence of their dead mother, in the beginning of this book?

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