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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 a parida?
(a) A beer and a glass of tequila.
(b) A kind of tortilla.
(c) A glass of soda pop.
(d) A desert snake.

2. After a brawl what does Lencho use to wrap what he bought at the supermarket which had been scattered around the bar?
(a) His shirt.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A towel he finds in the bar.
(d) Brown paper.

3. What is Chalito's father's name?
(a) Geraldo Riveras.
(b) Lencho Garcia y dell Valle.
(c) Poncho Gonzales.
(d) Pedro Perez.

4. What does Tony Baba's mother pay to the writers?
(a) Four dollars and fifty cents a day plus one dozen hot dogs.
(b) Five dollars a day plus 10 chili dogs.
(c) Four dollars a day plus a dozen hot dogs.
(d) Five dollars a day plus 2 loaves of French bread.

5. How many children does Lencho have?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name, Ramagacha, mean?

2. What does the government do to Jes's because they're afraid of him?

3. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?

4. How many men seeking work in the U.S. are rounded up in Tucson and put in lockup?

5. What unusual physical feature did Papa's grandmother have?

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