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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 did the Explorer dress and pose the whole family?
(a) In white face and black face.
(b) As Native Americans.
(c) As a different culture from around the world.
(d) As Mexicans.

2. In "Saturday," Chapter Six, why is Rafa struggling and being weighed down by the reading of shadows?
(a) He is depressed by his mother’s death.
(b) Reading shadows is hard work.
(c) He has not eaten lunch.
(d) He is doing it wrong.

3. The angel knows that the rope that was once in the well is now where?
(a) Under the tree.
(b) Under Rosalinda's bed.
(c) In the wagon.
(d) On the roof.

4. Who was Rosalinda's reason to keep on living, once she reached this town?
(a) The Grandmothers to All.
(b) Rafa.
(c) Rufina.
(d) The Explorer.

5. What is the punishment by Rosalinda for Rafa's behavior in his memory in "Saturday," Chapter Six?
(a) Rosalinda made him spend a night in jail.
(b) Rosalinda hugged him.
(c) Rosalinda caught him, she punished him by tying him to a tree for the rest of the day and allowed the Explorer and Rufina to humiliate him.
(d) Rosalinda did not punish him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "Saturday," Chapter Thirteen, what are Rafa and Rufina doing?

2. As the Explorer noted everything that was missing and lacking in the home, Rosalinda did what?

3. The siblings ride home in Officer Armijo’s squad car, with Rufina thinking back on what?

4. In "Saturday," Chapter Two, the siblings are performing in the town square, Rufina with her focus on what?

5. On "Saturday," Chapter One, what is one thing that does NOT bother Rufina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the experience of the couple that are on holiday on Saturday?

2. In "Saturday," Chapter Four, the husband and wife tourists have returned. About what do they argue?

3. What did the Explorer do with Rosalinda and her children?

4. What does Rufina accuse the angel of pretending to be? How does the reader know she is correct?

5. What does Rufina do in response to not finding her mother or baby?

6. How do the two Grandmothers to All react when they notice the pain felt by Rafa, Rufina, Officer Armijo, and the Kid Thief?

7. What is the secret The Explorer has about himself?

8. What happens to the money and crystal in the siblings’ basket on Saturday?

9. What are the signs that Rufina is struggling to perform for the crowd? Why is she struggling?

10. What does the angel do when Rufina is in the trunk?

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