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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign does Chuco imitate?
(a) A sign showing a Mexican dancing on his sombrero.
(b) A sign showing a man drinking tequila.
(c) A sign showing a sleeping Mexican, seemingly a lazy bum.
(d) A sign showing a Mexican crossing the desert.

2. What about his horse's anatomy bothers the soldier fighting against Chayo's Yaqui Indians?
(a) His mane.
(b) His hooves.
(c) His backbone.
(d) His tail.

3. What is Mr. Foxye proud of about his family?
(a) They settled the west.
(b) They were wealthy socialites.
(c) They were famous.
(d) They came on the Mayflower and converted the Indians.

4. Who is Chuco?
(a) A chicano youth who gets caught up in the revolultion.
(b) A champion cotton-picker who gets in a fight in a brothel.
(c) The owner of a modest restaurant.
(d) Loreto's long, lost brother.

5. What is a parida?
(a) A kind of tortilla.
(b) A glass of soda pop.
(c) A beer and a glass of tequila.
(d) A desert snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Foxyes avoid having more than one child?

2. How does Tony Baba's grandmother show herself as truly villainous?

3. Where does the narrator run into Chuco ten years later?

4. What does one of the group of travelers die from?

5. Besides the theme of racism, what other theme is used in the book?

(see the answer key)

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