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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 pp. 42 - 85.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the desert poetically referred to as?
(a) A blank canvas and a grave.
(b) An ocean of sand.
(c) A kind of heaven.
(d) A land of delights and mysteries.

2. 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.

3. Where does Chuco finally go and what work is he seeking?
(a) Chuco goes to Tucson to work as a cook.
(b) Chuco goes back to Mexico to sell lottery tickets.
(c) Chuco goes to pick grapes in California.
(d) Chuco goes to Phoenix to work in construction.

4. Don de Cocuch spent a lot of time around what animals?
(a) Burros.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

5. How much money does Loreto finally make from foreign tourists?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Three dollars.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) Two dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lencho buy at the supermarket?

2. What do they do to Chalito to try to make him well?

3. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?

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

5. What does Malquerida do to the man who wants to become her pimp and tempts her?

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