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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. Rufina says that she may pretend her baby is alive, but the angel does what?
(a) Pretends to be a woman.
(b) Pretends to love her.
(c) Pretends to be human.
(d) Pretends to care about humanity.

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

3. Rafa watches the shadows everyone casts and tries to do what?
(a) Catch them.
(b) Stand in them.
(c) Paint them.
(d) Remember the different meanings.

4. How did Baby die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) An infection after birth.
(d) Baby was stillborn.

5. What is the young thief's response when asked where the money is?
(a) He lost it.
(b) He spent it.
(c) He shredded it.
(d) It blew away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Explorer catch himself doing regarding Rufina?

3. On Saturday, Officer Armijo has arrived in the plaza and is waiting for what?

4. Why does Rufina agree to let Officer Armijo take them home?

5. When did the Explorer first start drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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