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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zoila have the kids do on the day the Grandmother dies?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Open all the windows to let out the smell.
(c) Say the rosary.
(d) Stay home from school.

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

3. Who talks the boy in #157 out of marrying Celaya?
(a) Soledad.
(b) A priest.
(c) Inocencio.
(d) Zoila.

4. Where does Celaya run away with the boy in #157?
(a) Mexico.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Montana.

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

6. After who/what was Inocencio's daughter named?
(a) A former girlfriend.
(b) A battle.
(c) His mother.
(d) A city.

7. What job did Soledad's son get in Chicago as an adult?
(a) Cook.
(b) Bouncer.
(c) Upholsterer.
(d) Doorman.

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

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

10. What does the Grandmother want to do immediately after the death of the little Grandfather?
(a) Cook.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sell the house.

11. What does the Grandmother think is wrong with the neighborhoods where she could afford to buy a house in Chicago?
(a) They are in the inner city.
(b) They are too close to the interstate.
(c) They are too close to the "L".
(d) They are filled with low-class Mexicans.

12. What does the Awful Grandmother agree to do?
(a) Move to a smaller house.
(b) Move to the U.S. with her son and his family.
(c) Have knee replacement surgery.
(d) Move to a retirement community.

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

14. How does the Grandmother calm her nerves?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Braiding and unbraiding the strands of her rebozo.
(c) Working in the garden.
(d) Going for a brisk walk.

15. What do the doctors take from Narciso during surgery?
(a) Three ribs.
(b) A tumor.
(c) His gallbladder.
(d) His appendix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend who takes Celaya under her wing?

2. What happens between Narciso and Soledad when Soledad gets pregnant?

3. Why does Soledad want her baby to be a boy?

4. Soledad's child was not happy unless he _______________.

5. How many years did the Mexican revolution last?

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