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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. PILGRIMS IN AZTLAN takes during which decade of the 20th century?
(a) The 60s.
(b) The 70s.
(c) The 80s.
(d) The 50s.

2. What two hobbies did Tony Baba's wife have?
(a) Talking on the phone and collecting money.
(b) Cooking and baking.
(c) Knitting and sewing.
(d) Reading and playing the piano.

3. What does Jes's of Bethlehem do?
(a) He begs for money very convincingly.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He heals people and doesn't charge money.
(d) He sings religious songs.

4. What was Buzz Saw's real name?
(a) Jose.
(b) Amadito.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Pedro.

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

6. What does the name, Ramagacha, mean?
(a) Howling dog.
(b) Bent Branch.
(c) Crooked Road.
(d) Full moon.

7. What promises does the one man tempt the other with to keep him walking?
(a) Shoes and clothes for his family and maybe schooling.
(b) A woman to sleep with , perhaps a beautiful prostitute.
(c) A meal with scrumptious food.
(d) A cold shower and a good night's sleep.

8. 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.

9. What was Manuel also called?
(a) Batepi.
(b) The Grim Reaper.
(c) Poncho Gonzalez.
(d) Papa grande.

10. Who are the two competitors of Chuco, the champion cotton-picker?
(a) Kite and Pedro.
(b) Geraldo and Juan.
(c) Pelele and a black man.
(d) Loreto and Maria.

11. How does an old woman named Candelita finally sell her lottery tickets?
(a) By putting a ball under her dress as if she were a hunchback.
(b) By selling home-made cookies with them.
(c) By crying and telling her life story.
(d) By telling fortunes along with selling the tickets.

12. What tragic thing happens to Chalito, the skinniest of the boys, who washed cars on Loreto's street?
(a) He makes more money than the rest of the boys.
(b) He becomes a painter and poet.
(c) He gets a cough from being soaked and dies.
(d) He later becomes a priest.

13. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?
(a) A poor chicano couple
(b) A large Mexican family.
(c) Two American tourists.
(d) A well-dressed, wealthy couple.

14. What happens when Loreto drops one of his coins?
(a) Malquerida returns it and cries when Loreto smiles.
(b) A tourist picks it up and returns it.
(c) A small boy picks it up and Loreto gives it to him.
(d) It disappears down a grate in the gutter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tony Baba's grandmother do when a strike is organized against her?

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

5. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?

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