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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of Inocencio's friends convinces the Grandmother and Inocencio that _______________ is the place to be.
(a) Miami.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Antionio.

2. Why does the Awful Grandmother tell Celaya she needs injections?
(a) To get shiny hair.
(b) To get rid of her wrinkles.
(c) Because she looks like a boy.
(d) Because she is too fat.

3. Who takes care of the Grandmother during her illness?
(a) Zoila.
(b) Celaya.
(c) Inocencio.
(d) Celestina.

4. Who is Soledad's daughter?
(a) Fina.
(b) Ignacia.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Isabel.

5. What is the name of Soledad's child?
(a) Enrique.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Inocencio.
(d) Diego.

6. Why does Narciso need surgery?
(a) He broke his knee.
(b) He has a heart problem.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He has a collapsed lung.

7. What does Celaya's father liken to a Mexican girl becoming a prostitute?
(a) Going to college.
(b) Leaving the church.
(c) Getting a tattoo.
(d) Leaving home before marriage.

8. What illness befalls the Grandmother?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A stroke.

9. Where did Narciso live during the Mexican revolution?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Acapulco.

10. What does Celaya tell her mother that angers her mother?
(a) Celaya is pregnant.
(b) Celaya is in love with a boy.
(c) Celaya is depressed.
(d) Celaya wrecked the car.

11. What is Inocencio's ultimate plan?
(a) Train his sons to take over the business.
(b) Move back to Denver.
(c) Expand his business.
(d) Buy a house for his mother.

12. Who would become another child of Soledad's?
(a) Uncle Diego.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Uncle Fat-Face.

13. What stipulation comes along with the purchase in #137?
(a) Long hours of work.
(b) Grandmother will live with the family.
(c) Family budget cuts.
(d) High interest payments.

14. What type of goods does the family business in Chicago now produce?
(a) Plastic chairs.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Swimming pools.
(d) Sunglasses.

15. Why does Soledad want her baby to be a boy?
(a) So he won't have the pain a woman has in life.
(b) So she can love him the way the Virgin Mary loved Jesus.
(c) So Narciso will be pleased with her.
(d) So that she can raise a good man for the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zoila have the kids do on the day the Grandmother dies?

2. Who talks the boy in #157 out of marrying Celaya?

3. With which son does the Grandmother live in Chicago?

4. What does Inocencio's wife do when she learns about the purchase in #138?

5. How does the little Grandfather die?

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