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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. What does Officer Armijo do to remind himself he is in control?
(a) His fingers trace his hat, badge, and gun.
(b) He waits for his shift to be over.
(c) He imagines the day he was sworn in.
(d) He chants, “I am in charge” over and over again.

2. The siblings ride home in Officer Armijo’s squad car, with Rufina thinking back on what?
(a) How many times her mother had been in this car due to peeing in public.
(b) How many times she had been arrested.
(c) How little she knew about Lucio and his family.
(d) How she should have married Lucio.

3. Why does Rufina agree to let Officer Armijo take them home?
(a) She does not have the energy to say no.
(b) Rafa is not feeling well.
(c) Her hip is very painful.
(d) He is so fatherly.

4. Why does the young thief shy away and act afraid of Rafa?
(a) He feels sorry for Rafa.
(b) He is not a criminal, and his behavior was out of character.
(c) Rafa is large and formidable.
(d) He is embarrassed by his behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a young teen beat up Rafa?

2. What food does Officer Armijo buy the Kid Thief?

3. On what did Rufina and Rafa place bets after the Explorer moved in?

4. How did the Explorer dress and pose the whole family?

5. What is the teen excited about being able to afford, now that he has the duo's money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rufina wake up in a sweat on Saturday morning in Chapter One?

2. Who are the townspeople in "Saturday," Chapter Two that the narrator describes?

3. What does Rafa do, when Rufina is unable to perform on Saturday?

4. What does Officer Armijo do with the Kid Thief after he drops the siblings off at their home?

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

6. What is the ride home like for the siblings in Lucio Armijo’s squad car?

7. What was the Explorer’s response to being allowed in Rosalinda’s home?

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

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

10. Why does anxiety soon set in for Rufina on Saturday morning?

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