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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. How does the "Friday," Chapter Eight end?
(a) With the Rosalinda noticing how fortunate she is.
(b) With Rufina noticing how fortunate she is.
(c) With Rafa noticing how fortunate he is.
(d) With the Explorer noticing how fortunate he is.

2. In "Friday," Chapter Ten, the angel is flying where?
(a) Through the woods.
(b) Up in the sky.
(c) Onto the roof.
(d) To town.

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

4. What does Rosalinda hope the plates and bowls can do for her?
(a) Bring her back to the stories she has lost or her past.
(b) Let Rafa know she is there.
(c) Announce her presence to all that are in the home.
(d) Annoy Rufina.

5. Rufina dreams about the Grandmothers to All who look more like who or what than old ladies?
(a) Tourists.
(b) Elves.
(c) Young women.
(d) Rufina’s ancestors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Officer Armijo thinks back to high school and how he longed for Rufina. How did Rufina view him?

2. What does Rafa do to the male tourist, when no one is looking, on Friday?

3. How many months apart are the siblings?

4. As the angel looks at her watch in the beginning of the story, about what does she think?

5. Rafa repeats his mother’s name over and over again, like what, to remind himself that he is still alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the Original Enduring Ones described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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