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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. What kind of character did Tony Baba's grandmother's have?
(a) She was a sweet old-fashioned grandmother.
(b) She was a fierce revolutionary.
(c) She was reprehensible and exploited and underpaid her workers.
(d) She was like a loving mother to him.

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

3. Who took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) An old beggar woman
(b) A prostitute
(c) A rival car washer
(d) Several little kids.

4. Who is Kite?
(a) A good friend of Tony Baba and his wife.
(b) Loreto's old cousin.
(c) A fat, dirty man with swollen feet and a dirty beard.
(d) A young chicano boy who washes cars for money.

5. Dosa de Cocuch has what bad habit?
(a) She's a chain smoker.
(b) She chews tobacco.
(c) She chews gum.
(d) She takes drugs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Babas talk about together?

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

4. What tragic thing happens to Chalito, the skinniest of the boys, who washed cars on Loreto's street?

5. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?

(see the answer key)

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