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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brutally deflowers La Malquerida in the brothel?
(a) Geraldo Lopez.
(b) Don Mario Miller de Cocuch.
(c) Jorge Sanchez.
(d) Tony Baby.

2. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?
(a) Valente, the Vaseline Man.
(b) Pedro, a traveling salesman.
(c) Jose, a young soldier.
(d) Geraldo, a street singer.

3. Besides the theme of racism, what other theme is used in the book?
(a) Wealth as the tool of social injustice.
(b) The superiority of men over women.
(c) People who pose as good Christians while exploiting others.
(d) Madness created by hunger, abuse and biogtry.

4. The reader is told the sad story of how a young woman is lured into prostitution by whom?
(a) Two traveling salesmen.
(b) A starving family.
(c) Dona Reginalda and her supposed son.
(d) A woman disguised as a nun.

5. Who are the two competitors of Chuco, the champion cotton-picker?
(a) Loreto and Maria.
(b) Kite and Pedro.
(c) Pelele and a black man.
(d) Geraldo and Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Foxye name the dog?

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

3. What kind of a man is Vate?

4. What does Lencho promise his dead son in delirium the afternoon he's buried?

5. Whay did they call Lencho's little son Buzz Saw?

(see the answer key)

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