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

2. On Saturday, while drunk, Rufina climbs in where?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The trunk the Explorer gave her.
(d) A kitchen cabinet.

3. In "Saturday," Chapter Two, the siblings are performing in the town square, and Rafa makes what comparison?
(a) The tourists to easy prey.
(b) The hole in the guitar to the gaping hole he feels in himself.
(c) His sister to a wild animal.
(d) The angel to his mother.

4. To calm down her anxiety on Saturday morning, what does Rufina do?
(a) Focus on happy childhood memories when the Explorer was a part of their family.
(b) Calls her therapist.
(c) Practices yoga.
(d) Meditates.

5. On "Saturday," Chapter One, how does Rufina wake?
(a) Content.
(b) Excited.
(c) In a sweat.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does "Saturday," Chapter Three begin?

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

4. Rafa remembers back to a time when he was old enough to know better but, as his mother was absorbed by her ink drawings, he pretended to be a powerful beast and did what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does "Saturday," Chapter Thirteen, end?

2. How does the Kid Thief act when spotted by Rafa and caught by Officer Armijo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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