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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) He chants, “I am in charge” over and over again.
(b) He imagines the day he was sworn in.
(c) His fingers trace his hat, badge, and gun.
(d) He waits for his shift to be over.

2. How old was Rosalinda when she arrived in this town?
(a) 7.
(b) 30.
(c) 17.
(d) 20.

3. Who provided Rosalinda with the house?
(a) The Original Enduring Ones.
(b) The Grandmothers to All lent it to her.
(c) The Explorer.
(d) The town.

4. The narrator describes the townspeople, as Rufina and Rafa perform in "Saturday," Chapter Two. Who does he NOT describe?
(a) The government officials on their way to work.
(b) The foreign clerks selling goods from China.
(c) The dishwashers and their cracked hands.
(d) The Original Enduring Ones selling their wares on blankets.

5. Who did the Explorer first begin to use for his art?
(a) Rafa.
(b) The Grandmothers to All.
(c) Rosalinda.
(d) Rufina.

Short Answer Questions

1. The angel knows that the rope that was once in the well is now where?

2. What was the Explorer's secret?

3. Where did the Explorer first sleep?

4. On Saturday, what does Rufina do when she sees the angel on the bench?

5. Regarding the tourist couple on Saturday, when the wife notices her husband blushing, what does she ask him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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