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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. Rufina is always the first up and does what before Rafa finds out?
(a) Puts away all the dishes that Rosalinda has taken out.
(b) Talks to the angel.
(c) Spends time with Baby.
(d) Mows the grass.

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

3. In the "Friday" section flashback, what does Rufina take that she has found stashed away by her brother?
(a) A bottle of alcohol.
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) Their mother's pain pills.
(d) A rope.

4. How does the narrator account for the different personalities and take on life of Rufina and Rafa?
(a) They have different fathers.
(b) They were born in different seasons.
(c) They had different schooling.
(d) They were raised differently.

5. How old are Rufina and Rafa?
(a) 29 and 30.
(b) 28 and 30.
(c) 18 and 20.
(d) 19 and 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is clear about the angel?

2. Who is located on the portál of the government building?

3. Who is this story about?

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

5. As Rufina sings her siren song on Friday, the narrator describes her voluptuous breasts and light skin and Rafa’s darker complexion. Why do they look so different?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the angel.

5. When does the narrator say the angel will return, in "Friday," Chapter Ten? Why?

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

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

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

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

10. What does "Friday," Chapter Ten reveal about Rafa?

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