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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Inocencio manage to escape from prison?
(a) He enlists in the army.
(b) He kills a guard.
(c) He bribes the judge.
(d) He has a good attorney.

3. What happens to Narciso one day as he is walking home?
(a) He is almost shot by soldiers.
(b) He falls into a ditch.
(c) He is robbed.
(d) He meets another girl.

4. To what city does Viva want to move and take Celaya with her?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Portland.

5. Who is not pleased that Narciso is having sex with Soledad when they are not married?
(a) Regina.
(b) Soledad.
(c) Celine.
(d) Eleuterio.

6. What was the Grandmother's disposition when the family moved to Chicago?
(a) Meaner.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

7. What does Soledad throw at Inocencio when they argue?
(a) A rock.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A pan.

8. To what city does the family move?
(a) Portland.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) San Antonio.

9. What happens between Narciso and Soledad when Soledad gets pregnant?
(a) They break up.
(b) Soledad moves to Chicago.
(c) Narciso joins the army.
(d) They get married.

10. Why does Soledad have to find her own way home in Acapulco?
(a) She has a fight with her sister.
(b) Inocencio chooses his wife over her.
(c) She wants to change her itinerary.
(d) She decides to stay a few extra days.

11. Who is the friend who takes Celaya under her wing?
(a) Viva.
(b) Martina.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Isabel.

12. What does the Reyes family do at first when Soledad gets pregnant?
(a) They offer to adopt the baby.
(b) They pay for an abortion.
(c) They put her out of the house.
(d) They ignore her.

13. What does Celaya realize that she knows nothing about?
(a) Driving a car.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Applying for college.
(d) Being a female.

14. In what year did the Mexican revolution begin?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1865.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celaya's father liken to a Mexican girl becoming a prostitute?

2. How did Zoila consider killing the Grandmother?

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

4. How does the Grandmother try to edge her way back into Inocencio's life?

5. The Awful Grandmother's stories are all about _________________________.

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