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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets the projectionist-in-training job?
(a) Candy.
(b) Maria.
(c) Don.
(d) Pedro.

2. How is Tacho seen by his community?
(a) Agressive and scary.
(b) Out of control.
(c) Priestly.
(d) Witty and macho.

3. What does Nayeli want a suitor to do?
(a) Serenade her.
(b) Do cartwheels.
(c) Win the lottery.
(d) Propose.

4. Historically, what do the villagers resist?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Farming.
(c) Change.
(d) Marriage.

5. What does Missionary Matt give the girls when he leaves the village?
(a) Cards with his contact information.
(b) Friendship bracelets.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Signed autographs.

6. What does Irma say would have made Maria's husband stay?
(a) Visiting the cove.
(b) Hypnotism.
(c) Breaking his leg.
(d) Getting a divorce.

7. Which season is it when the book begins?
(a) Fall.
(b) Mid winter.
(c) Late summer.
(d) Early spring.

8. Who do Nayeli and her friends plan to recruit?
(a) Truckers and trailers.
(b) Cops and soldiers.
(c) Teachers and lawyers.
(d) Doctors and businessmen.

9. How does Chuy tell Nayeli to act in front of the Federales?
(a) Rambunctious.
(b) Wild.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Wicked.

10. What is Yolo's job at the bowling alley?
(a) Pin tender.
(b) Cashier.
(c) Manager.
(d) Bartender.

11. Who does Irma insist travels with the girls?
(a) Tacho.
(b) Pepe.
(c) Maria.
(d) Julio.

12. What movie inspires Nayeli's plan?
(a) The Six Sands.
(b) The Magnificent Seven.
(c) Seven Magpies.
(d) Eight Gazpachos.

13. Who do the soldiers remove from the bus in Chapter Eight?
(a) Drug smugglers.
(b) Illegal Colombians.
(c) Babies who are crying.
(d) People with walkers.

14. Which title does Tacho have?
(a) Taco Master.
(b) Ta-Da.
(c) Tortilla Man.
(d) Tempeh Tom.

15. Who wanted to revoke technology?
(a) Traditionalists.
(b) Veterinarians.
(c) Pope.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Garcia-Garcia's favorite film star?

2. What does Maria say you cannot eat?

3. What is the title of Part One?

4. What did Nayeli's father stop doing?

5. Which job does Nayeli perform for her Irma?

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