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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. What did the Explorer catch himself doing regarding Rufina?

2. Regarding the tourist couple on Saturday, of what does the husband tell his wife she reeks?

3. The angel knows that the rope that was once in the well is now where?

4. On Saturday, when the couple from the day before offers to give the siblings more money, what does Officer Armijo say?

5. Who provided the Explorer with his first drinks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Explorer do with Rosalinda and her children?

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

3. What is the experience of the couple that are on holiday on Saturday?

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

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

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

7. Why does Rufina wake up in a sweat on Saturday morning in Chapter One?

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

9. In "Saturday," Chapter Four, the husband and wife tourists have returned. About what do they argue?

10. How do the two Grandmothers to All react when they notice the pain felt by Rafa, Rufina, Officer Armijo, and the Kid Thief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

It is learned in Chapter Thirteen that the Explorer is a fraud. How is he a fraud? Why might he be like this? How does his name suggest how thorough he was with this fictional life? How does his secret affect his relationships with others?

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