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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective represents the emotion closest to the one Brando feels upon seeing Luismi being brought toward his cell at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) Delight.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Rage.

2. Which character tortured Brando in order to gain information about the Witch's alleged treasure?
(a) Father Casto.
(b) Rigorito.
(c) One of the Guera sisters.
(d) Luismi.

3. Chapter IV presents events from the perspective of which character?
(a) Munra.
(b) Barrabas.
(c) Norma.
(d) Luismi.

4. How many beers did Munra buy for Luismi after the left the hospital, according to the narrator of Chapter IV?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. Brando has always harbored an all-consuming fear of whom?
(a) The Witch.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) The police.
(d) His father.

6. To what town did Munra take Norma when he finally agreed to Luismi's panicked request?
(a) Villagarbosa.
(b) Rio.
(c) Villa.
(d) Borenquen.

7. The ringleader of the group of inmates in charge of Brando's cell demand that he give up which item(s)?
(a) His watch.
(b) His canteen.
(c) His pills.
(d) His sneakers.

8. Luismi emerged from the hospital saying that what kind of person had called the police?
(a) A social worker.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A phlebotomist.
(d) A nurse.

9. How many years older than Brando is Brando's girlfriend?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

10. To what location did Munra repeatedly refuse to take Norma before finally relenting?
(a) Her mother's house.
(b) Pepe's house.
(c) The hospital.
(d) School.

11. After a period of severe torture, Brando finally told his captor about the door to an upstairs room in which character's house?
(a) Willy's.
(b) Luismi's.
(c) Munra's.
(d) The Witch's.

12. What is revealed to be the real reason why Brando continued to go to parties at the Witch's house?
(a) He loved to hear Luismi sing.
(b) He loved to watch Luismi dance alone.
(c) He loved to hear Luismi recite poetry.
(d) He loved to dance with the Witch.

13. Around what time of day did Luismi charge into the hospital and demand to be given information about his girlfriend Norma?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Noon.

14. What happened to the money that Luismi was supposed to use to purchase cocaine on the Witch's behalf?
(a) It legitimately went missing.
(b) Brando and Luismi stole it and spent it together.
(c) Brando stole it without Luismi's knowledge.
(d) It was spent on cocaine.

15. In what location did Munra finally find his crutch the morning after he drove Brando and Luismi to a particular location?
(a) By the front door.
(b) In the front yard.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) Inside the oven.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator reveals that when Brando was not yet a teenager, he was laughed at for all but which of the following traits?

2. Munra has a dream in Chapter V that he has turned into what type of entity?

3. According to the narrator, how often did the Witch leave her house?

4. Brando thinks to himself in Chapter VI that the Witch deserved to suffer what fate for being "a cunt," a "dirty fag," and "a bully"? (143)

5. According to the narrator, who told Brando that he was the devil on the night he frightened her on purpose?

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