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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?
(a) Two American tourists.
(b) A well-dressed, wealthy couple.
(c) A large Mexican family.
(d) A poor chicano couple

2. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?
(a) He's coarse and crude.
(b) He's old and weak.
(c) He's kind and jolly.
(d) He's fat and lazy.

3. After he gives up washing cars, what does Loreto do for money?
(a) He guards cars at night while their owners visit brothels.
(b) He teaches Spanish to gringo tourists.
(c) He picks cotton in Texas.
(d) He rents temporarily to people who need a temporary home,

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

5. How did the man whom Loreto met on his way to church become wealthy?
(a) He owned a large farm.
(b) He owned a fancy hotel.
(c) He invested his money in the stock market.
(d) He was a corrupt politician who pimped out his wife for power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do children pursue Kite?

2. Who is Kite?

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

4. What was Tony Baba's wife like?

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

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