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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do an officer and a soldier complain about regarding Chayon and his Yaqui Indians?
(a) That they are dirty and ragged.
(b) That they are taking up arms against the government.
(c) That they are uneducated.
(d) That they are too religious.

2. When Manuel dies, what does his friend make for him?
(a) A wreath of desert flowers.
(b) A cross out of bones.
(c) A memorial mound of stones.
(d) A cross out of twigs.

3. What tongues does Jes's of Bethlehem seem to speak?
(a) Hopi Indian, Aztec and Portugese and Spanish
(b) Yaqui, Spanish and French.
(c) Nahuatl, Mayan,Yaqui and perfect Spanish.
(d) Spanish, Yaqui, Persian and French.

4. Who is Chuco?
(a) The owner of a modest restaurant.
(b) A chicano youth who gets caught up in the revolultion.
(c) Loreto's long, lost brother.
(d) A champion cotton-picker who gets in a fight in a brothel.

5. 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 tears his face with a bottle.
(d) She gives in and becomes his prostitute.

6. What is Vate afraid of?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Dying of thirst.
(c) Being abandoned by his friend.
(d) Starvation.

7. What happened to the wealthy man because of the horse he rode?
(a) He became obsessed with love for the horse.
(b) His back was injured.
(c) He lost control of his bowels.
(d) He pictured himself as a famous general.

8. How does Loreto earn money?
(a) He is a panhandler.
(b) He washes cars.
(c) He sells tourist items.
(d) He sells vegetables at the side of the road.

9. Who is Tony Baba?
(a) A close chicano friend of Mimi's
(b) A beneficient monk.
(c) A childhood friend of Loreto's.
(d) A wealthy gringo who haunts the nightclubs.

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

11. What is the main destination of the group of travelers?
(a) Denver, Colorado.
(b) Colorado Springs, Colorado.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) San Luis Rio, Colorado.

12. What is Bethlehem, one of eight Yaqui towns, also called?
(a) Belen.
(b) Loredo.
(c) Belendo.
(d) Beneda.

13. What does Lencho promise his dead son in delirium the afternoon he's buried?
(a) That he would buy him a pony.
(b) That he would take him to Disneyland.
(c) That he would get him a puppy.
(d) That he would buy him a bicycle.

14. What do the soldiers want to do to Chayo Cuamea?
(a) They want to put him in jail.
(b) They want to kill him in battle.
(c) They want to put him in front of a firing squad.
(d) They want to hang him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tony Baba's grandmother show herself as truly villainous?

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

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

4. What does Jes's of Bethlehem do?

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

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