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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Officer Armijo steps in during the commotion on the plaza on Friday and and asks for what from the duo?
2. Rafa, as he listens to his sister and mother from under the bed on Friday, remembers back to what?
3. How old are Rufina and Rafa?
4. Officer Armijo thinks back to high school and how he longed for Rufina. How did Rufina view him?
5. What is Rufina's response when Rafa reminds her that what they are doing this weekend is just what the Explorer had used them for to earn money?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rafa deal with the presence of his dead mother?
2. What is Rufina's plan for saving her brother's life?
3. How does the mother react to Rafa's attention-seeking cigarette runs?
4. How do Rufina and Rafa treat their mother, upon returning to their home in "Friday," Chapter Six?
5. What does the narrator say about listening to the earth, in "Friday," Chapter Nine?
6. Describe the angel.
7. How has the death of their mother affected Rufina and Rafa, at the beginning of the story?
8. What do the children know about their mother's ancestors?
9. What does "Friday," Chapter Ten reveal about Rafa?
10. How does Rafa describe the nightmarish bath he experienced once with his mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Child abuse becomes much more apparent in “Saturday.” What abuse is described by the narrator? How are the various characters affected by it? How does this abuse affect the story? How is abuse related to the theme of resiliency?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator regularly goes back and gives the reader a view of the town and its people. Why might he or she do this? What is the importance of this return to the environment of the main characters? How does this affect the reader?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of Chapter Thirteen, it is highly suggested that Rafa will take his own life. What leads up to this? How is the reader prepared for this? Does Rafa, in fact, take his own life? Why would this author choose to do this? How different would the story be with a different outcome for Rafa?
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