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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 action taken by some of the parishioners at his church fascinated Brando as a child?
(a) Speaking in tongues.
(b) Handling of snakes.
(c) Singing.
(d) Recitations.

2. Brando's father has another family and lives in what town, unbeknownst to Brando's mother?
(a) Palagacho.
(b) Mantillo.
(c) Los Gatos.
(d) Villa.

3. At what age did Brando first attend Carnival, though it was against his mother's wishes that he do so?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

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

5. What is the name of the married woman whom Brando eventually started dating in order to obscure his homosexual identity?
(a) Leticia.
(b) Luce.
(c) Maria.
(d) Betsy.

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 recalls Luismi telling him that the Witch had considered him an enemy ever since accusing him of what crime?

3. The narrator reveals that the only money Brando found at the Witch's house was a bill representing how many pesos on the kitchen table?

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

5. 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)

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does Melchor send about the practice of victim-blaming in Chapter V and how does she send it?

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

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

4. What lie did Chabela tell the Witch in order to convince her to help Norma abort her child?

5. What does the reader learn in Chapter IV about the reason why the Witch had broken things off with Luismi?

6. What methods did Rigorito and his men use to draw the truth out of Brando in the wake of his arrest?

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

8. What is the significance of salsa dancing, as portrayed in Chapter IV?

9. What did the kiss symbolize between Norma and Pepe the first time it occurred and why?

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

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