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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. Regarding the tourist couple on Saturday, when the wife notices her husband blushing, what does she ask him?
(a) If he is worried about the duo.
(b) If he forgot to apply sunblock.
(c) If he is in love with Rufina.
(d) If he is still embarrassed about his behavior the day before.

2. Who provided the Explorer with his first drinks?
(a) Rosalinda.
(b) His mother would let him sip from her cup of alcohol.
(c) No one, because he does not drink.
(d) College buddies.

3. What happens when the teen thief runs away from the angel?
(a) The angel calls in more angels.
(b) The angel tackles him and takes all the money.
(c) The angel lets him go.
(d) His shoe falls off and the money comes flying out, right into the angel’s pocket.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of "Saturday," Chapter Thirteen, what are Rafa and Rufina doing?

3. What was the Explorer's secret?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the signs that Rufina is struggling to perform for the crowd? Why is she struggling?

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

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