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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most striking feature that the young Narciso Reyes had?
(a) His smile.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His hair.
(d) His hands.

2. Why is Candelaria invited to go on the trip?
(a) To clean the hotel rooms.
(b) To cook for the family.
(c) To care for the children.
(d) To help with the driving.

3. When the Awful Grandmother was a young girl, her family made ________________.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Mexican shawls.

4. What does the Awful Grandmother call Celaya and her cousins when they are all in the house?
(a) The gang.
(b) Al Tu.
(c) Hey You.
(d) Et Tu.

5. How many children did Senora Regina have?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to run rampant in the community?

2. Who is the Awful Grandmother's washerwoman?

3. The Grandmother is perpetually hungry for _______________.

4. In what city did the narrator's father and uncles work?

5. Which one of Celaya's brothers was left in Mexico to attend military school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Soledad's Aunty Fina.

2. Describe the Awful Grandmother's life after her mother died.

3. Describe the childhood of the Awful Grandmother and what role rebozos played in her life.

4. Describe Narciso Reyes.

5. What are the two criteria to determine a person's class?

6. Why does the family rely on little white lies?

7. How do the family stories foreshadow what will come in the novel?

8. How does the Grandmother advise Inocencio about his hysterical wife?

9. What are the circumstances that have Soledad moving into the Reyes household with Narciso's family?

10. Where does Inocencio take the family for a holiday, and who complicates the situation by inviting herself to go along?

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