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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jes's do that shocked everyone?
(a) He lies and cheats.
(b) He has sex with the mayor's wife and three daughters.
(c) He swindles money from the people.
(d) He becomes a gambler in the casino.

2. What does Tony Baba's grandmother do when a strike is organized against her?
(a) She holds up the workers' salaries.
(b) She closes her business permanently.
(c) She fires her workers.
(d) She decides to go out to dinner to chill out.

3. What happens when Loreto drops one of his coins?
(a) It disappears down a grate in the gutter.
(b) Malquerida returns it and cries when Loreto smiles.
(c) A small boy picks it up and Loreto gives it to him.
(d) A tourist picks it up and returns it.

4. One of the two men walking across the desert wants to give up but the other persuades him to continue by telling him what?
(a) That he won't be able to make the journey alone.
(b) That it's too late to turn back.
(c) That's it's cowardly to give up.
(d) That his father is dying and his wife and children are starving.

5. What does Mrs. Foxye name the dog?
(a) King.
(b) Rex.
(c) Lord.
(d) Angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather was Loreto hoping for in the beginning of the book?

2. What is Vate afraid of?

3. Why is Ramagacha going to the U.S.?

4. Who is Rudolph H. Smith?

5. When Bobby runs off, how do his parents find him?

(see the answer key)

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