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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 glass of soda pop.
(c) A desert snake.
(d) A kind of tortilla.

2. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?
(a) Tony Baba's wife.
(b) Chuco's wife.
(c) Ruperta.
(d) Loreto's first love.

3. What does Malquerida do to the man who wants to become her pimp and tempts her?
(a) She tears his face with a bottle.
(b) She gives in and becomes his prostitute.
(c) She throws food in his face.
(d) She swears at him and kicks him.

4. Don de Cocuch spent a lot of time around what animals?
(a) Horses.
(b) Burros.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Dogs.

5. How much money does Loreto finally make from foreign tourists?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Fifty cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Loreto's pants and what happens to him because of them?

2. What is one of the main character traits of Loreto?

3. What is Chalito's father's name?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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