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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 does the government do to Jes's because they're afraid of him?
(a) They hang him.
(b) They tie him against a saguaro with huge thorns.
(c) They shoot him with a firing squad.
(d) They nail him to a cross.

2. What was the distinguishing factor about the Babas' bathroom?
(a) It had a view of the mountains from the window.
(b) It was huge.
(c) It had a large, sunken tub.
(d) It was lined with mirrors.

3. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?
(a) Captain.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Major.

4. Where does the narrator run into Chuco ten years later?
(a) in Phoenix at a news .stand.
(b) in Aztlan, in downtown Los Angeles.
(c) in San Diego at a cafe.
(d) in Nogales where he is selling tourist souvenirs.

5. One of the two men walking across the desert wants to give up but the other persuades him to continue by telling him what?
(a) That he won't be able to make the journey alone.
(b) That's it's cowardly to give up.
(c) That his father is dying and his wife and children are starving.
(d) That it's too late to turn back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony Baba's mother pay to the writers?

2. Describe Chalito's coffin.

3. Why do children pursue Kite?

4. What about his horse's anatomy bothers the soldier fighting against Chayo's Yaqui Indians?

5. What happens when Loreto drops one of his coins?

(see the answer key)

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