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

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

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

4. Which character passed out on a bench in the park and did not therefore get a ride with Munra?
(a) Luismi.
(b) Brando.
(c) The Witch.
(d) Willy.

5. To what location did Munra drive Luismi and Brando after the three hung out together and used drugs for hours?
(a) Excalibur.
(b) The Witch's house.
(c) Dona Tina's house.
(d) The highway.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ringleader of the group of inmates in charge of Brando's cell demand that he give up which item(s)?

2. Munra complains that Luismi spends his time in all but which one of the following locations?

3. What color is the dog featured in the video that first interests Brando in the subject of bestiality?

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

5. How many years older than Brando is Brando's girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of person is Pepe and how do you know?

2. What action did Brando take at the Witch's house the night of the attempted robbery that injured the Witch significantly?

3. How does Melchor utilize sensory details in order to portray Norma's feelings about childbirth?

4. For what reason did Munra buy three beers for Luismi at Sarajuana's?

5. In what way does Melchor use repetition in order to create a particular mood within Chapter VI?

6. For which aspects of Brando's personality is he regularly teased, according to the narrator?

7. What information did Brando finally reveal when various methods were used to get him to talk?

8. What event happened just before Brando decided to murder Luismi?

9. In what way does the theme of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative within Chapter V?

10. How does Melchor characterize Munra's discovery of Norma's true age?

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