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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. 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.

2. In Chapter Two, where does the reader meet the angel?
(a) On the kitchen countertop.
(b) On the roof of the family home.
(c) On the portál of the government building.
(d) Propped up against the wall of the Five and Dime.

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

4. When is the only time that Rafa is calm?
(a) When he is traveling or on an island surrounded by water.
(b) When he is near his sister.
(c) When he is performing in the plaza.
(d) When he is with his mother.

5. What does Rufina reassure Baby?
(a) Rufina will give Baby a sibling.
(b) Soon her brother will be gone and the two of them will be a family.
(c) Baby will be alive soon.
(d) Baby will go to heaven with the angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the angel doing as she leans against a tree outside in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

4. What is clear about the angel?

5. Rafa, as he listens to his sister and mother from under the bed on Friday, remembers back to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do we know about the relationship between Officer Armijo and Rufina, based on the the "Friday" section of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Rufina's plan for saving her brother's life?

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

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

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