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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 was the Explorer's secret?
(a) He was from South America.
(b) He was a pediphile.
(c) He was racist.
(d) He was from the southern U.S. and had never travelled anywhere.

2. The tourist couple is happy to be leaving but decide that if anyone asks about their trip, they will say what?
(a) It was the worst vacation ever.
(b) They learned a great deal about another culture.
(c) They hope to return soon.
(d) It was the most fun they had had in a long time.

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

4. In "Saturday," Chapter Five, why does Rufina berate the angel?
(a) Speaking ill of the dead.
(b) For coming and going through her life.
(c) For taking Baby again and for never answering her prayers.
(d) For pretending to be a woman.

5. On what did Rufina and Rafa place bets after the Explorer moved in?
(a) Who will be the better performer.
(b) How much better the food will be.
(c) How long the Explorer will stay and how significant he will be in their lives.
(d) Whether or not they will be kicked out of their home.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the teen thief remember the angel?

2. Why does Rafa suddenly begin shouting from the back seat of the squad car?

3. Who did the Explorer first begin to use for his art?

4. What is the young thief's response when asked where the money is?

5. What was not included in Rosalinda’s escape to this town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rufina do to calm down her anxiety on Saturday?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader about the flute deity?

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

4. What is the crowd’s reaction to Rafa’s shadow reading?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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