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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Chuco finally go and what work is he seeking?
(a) Chuco goes back to Mexico to sell lottery tickets.
(b) Chuco goes to pick grapes in California.
(c) Chuco goes to Tucson to work as a cook.
(d) Chuco goes to Phoenix to work in construction.

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

5. What kind of weather was Loreto hoping for in the beginning of the book?
(a) A rain storm with lightning and thunder.
(b) A sunny, warm day.
(c) A cloudy day.
(d) A cool, breezy day.

6. How did the man whom Loreto met on his way to church become wealthy?
(a) He owned a large farm.
(b) He owned a fancy hotel.
(c) He invested his money in the stock market.
(d) He was a corrupt politician who pimped out his wife for power.

7. What does Senora Davalos de Cocuch give to Chalito's mother?
(a) A sympathy note and flowers.
(b) A fancy funeral for Chalito.
(c) A gravestone for Chalito.
(d) A check for Chalito's coffin.

8. How does Tony Baba's grandmother show herself as truly villainous?
(a) She verbally abuses her workers.
(b) She has her workers deported to avoid paying them.
(c) She curses God.
(d) She turns a cold shoulder to a poor pregnant relative.

9. What is the desert poetically referred to as?
(a) An ocean of sand.
(b) A land of delights and mysteries.
(c) A blank canvas and a grave.
(d) A kind of heaven.

10. Who took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) Several little kids.
(b) A prostitute
(c) An old beggar woman
(d) A rival car washer

11. What unusual physical feature did Papa's grandmother have?
(a) A hairy chest.
(b) Gorgeous, long , black, shiny hair.
(c) A very long nose.
(d) A large tattoo of an alligator.

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

13. Who is Kite?
(a) A fat, dirty man with swollen feet and a dirty beard.
(b) A good friend of Tony Baba and his wife.
(c) A young chicano boy who washes cars for money.
(d) Loreto's old cousin.

14. How did Loreto walk?
(a) He walked very straight with good posture.
(b) He walked with difficulty and aching legs.
(c) He walked with quick, short steps.
(d) He almost skipped along.

15. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?
(a) Choro.
(b) Tabby.
(c) Loreto.
(d) Kite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bethlehem, one of eight Yaqui towns, also called?

2. How often did Mr. and Mrs. Baba bathe?

3. When Manuel dies, what does his friend make for him?

4. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?

5. How does Loreto earn money?

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