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

2. Who is Ruperta?
(a) The most beautiful girl in the city's brothel.
(b) The woman Tony Baba loves.
(c) Loreto's ancient aunt.
(d) The madwoman who digs in garbage cans for food.

3. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?
(a) Put the money in a savings account for Buzz Saw.
(b) Buy notebooks and pencils for when school starts.
(c) Buy some toys for Buzz Saw.
(d) Buy Buzz Saw a new Sunday outfit for church.

4. What sign does Chuco imitate?
(a) A sign showing a Mexican dancing on his sombrero.
(b) A sign showing a Mexican crossing the desert.
(c) A sign showing a man drinking tequila.
(d) A sign showing a sleeping Mexican, seemingly a lazy bum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?

2. Lorenzo is what kind of a man?

3. Why is Ramagacha going to the U.S.?

4. What does Lencho promise his dead son in delirium the afternoon he's buried?

5. What do the soldiers want to do to Chayo Cuamea?

(see the answer key)

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