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

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

3. What was the air like in the first scene of the book?
(a) Dirty, hazy and smoky.
(b) Perfumed by the flower stands in the street.
(c) Filled with flying insects.
(d) Clear and bright.

4. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?
(a) He goes to California to become a panhandler.
(b) He goes back to Mexico to work on a farm.
(c) He goes to Phoenix to work in construction.
(d) He goes to Tucson to become a waiter in a Mexican restaurant.

5. Why do children pursue Kite?
(a) He gives coins to the children.
(b) He often gives them candy.
(c) He ties many tails to his clothes which fly in the wind.
(d) He can be persuaded to tell stories to the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chuco?

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

3. What did the married couple Loreto met on their way to church do all day long?

4. What tongues does Jes's of Bethlehem seem to speak?

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

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