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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. With Rufina and Rafa’s mother dead, what has happened to the siblings?

2. How does the narrator account for the different personalities and take on life of Rufina and Rafa?

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

4. When Rafa cannot get in Rufina’s locked door, what does he do?

5. The Explorer asked if Rosalinda could fix a costume that had been torn. If so, he would pay her how much?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the death of their mother affected Rufina and Rafa, at the beginning of the story?

2. What does "Friday," Chapter Ten continue to reveal about Rufina and her desires?

3. Describe the angel.

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

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

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

7. What does the reader know about the Explorer, based on the "Friday" section of the book?

8. What do we know about the relationship between Officer Armijo and Rufina, based on the the "Friday" section of the book?

9. How do Rufina and Baby behave towards one another?

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

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

At the beginning of the book, Rufina and Rafa’s mother has recently died, and the two seem to have reverted back to childhood. How do these two deal with the loss of their mother in different ways? How is her loss significant to this story? How does this support the theme of loss?

Essay Topic 3

The angel is a celestial being, yet she is very sympathetic to grief, particularly the grief of Rufina and Rafa. Why might she be this way? What is her special connection with these siblings? How does this affect her actions in the story?

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