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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 thinks back to high school and how he longed for Rufina. How did Rufina view him?

2. What does Rosalinda hope the plates and bowls can do for her?

3. In Rufina's dream, the ancestral women push, pull, and beat on Rufina, as if she were what?

4. At the beginning of "Friday," Chapter Nine, Rafa, missing his mother, wants to do what?

5. Who is sitting on the couch listening to the confrontation between mother and daughter on Friday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Original Enduring Ones described?

2. What does "Friday," Chapter Ten reveal about Rafa?

3. What does the narrator say about listening to the earth, in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

4. What is Rufina's plan for saving her brother's life?

5. What is the difference between the relationships Rosalinda has with her two children?

6. Why is Rufina concerned that the angel has arrived in "Friday," Chapter Seven?

7. What takes place in "Friday," Chapter Eight?

8. What do the children know about their mother's ancestors?

9. Describe the arrival of the angel in "Friday," Chapter Seven.

10. How does Rafa deal with the presence of his dead mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosalinda's ancestral stories are very important to her, yet her memories soon began to fade and get jumbled. How does this support the theme of loss? In what other ways does Rosalinda lose? What does she also gain? How is this loss and gain important to Rosalinda and the story?

Essay Topic 2

The reader meets the angel in Chapter Two. What is the role of the angel in the story? Why might the author have chosen to include an angel? How different might the story have been, if there had not been an angel? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Rafa’s birth saves Rosalinda. How does this affect their relationship? How does their relationship keep Rafa from finding romantic love? What might be the correlation between this and the bath incident after Rosalinda’s abortion? How does her inappropriate behavior with her son mimic that of the relationship between the Explorer and Rufina?

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