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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. Where does the narrator run into Chuco ten years later?
(a) in Nogales where he is selling tourist souvenirs.
(b) in Aztlan, in downtown Los Angeles.
(c) in San Diego at a cafe.
(d) in Phoenix at a news .stand.

2. How old was Buzz Saw?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. Who did Tony Baba say he looked like when he viewed himself naked in the mirror?
(a) Like a Greek statue.
(b) Like Napoleon, but stronger and taller.
(c) Like a weight-lifter.
(d) Like a movie star.

4. Who is Ruperta?
(a) The woman Tony Baba loves.
(b) The most beautiful girl in the city's brothel.
(c) The madwoman who digs in garbage cans for food.
(d) Loreto's ancient aunt.

5. 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) A woman disguised as a nun.
(d) Dona Reginalda and her supposed son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?

2. After he gives up washing cars, what does Loreto do for money?

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

4. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?

5. What is Bethlehem, one of eight Yaqui towns, also called?

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