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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. Why does Officer Armijo refuse to blow his nose?

2. The tourist couple is happy to be leaving but decide that if anyone asks about their trip, they will say what?

3. How did the Explorer dress and pose the whole family?

4. What is a sign that the angel is upset and on the verge of tears when talking with Rufina on Saturday?

5. Rafa is both a prophet and what else?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does "Saturday," Chapter Thirteen, end?

3. What is the ride home like for the siblings in Lucio Armijo’s squad car?

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

5. In "Saturday," Chapter Two, on what do the siblings focus while they are performing in the town square?

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

7. Who are the Sotos?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rufina and Rafa have sensitivities to the world around them. To what is Rufina sensitive? To what is Rafa sensitive? How does this affect them? Do they benefit from these abilities? Why or why not? Would you want heightened senses? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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