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

2. Who is this story about?
(a) Rosalinda.
(b) Siblings Rufina and Rafa.
(c) The Explorer.
(d) The angel.

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

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

5. What does Rafa do to the male tourist, when no one is looking, on Friday?
(a) He tells him his fortune.
(b) He pushes him.
(c) He gives him money.
(d) He pickpockets him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes the protective and loving nature of what inanimate object?

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

4. In Chapter Two, where does the reader meet the angel?

5. What is necessary with the presence of the dead among the living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Rufina's and Rafa's performance.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How are the Original Enduring Ones described?

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