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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) Filled with flying insects.
(b) Perfumed by the flower stands in the street.
(c) Dirty, hazy and smoky.
(d) Clear and bright.

2. What gives Loreto a guilt complex?
(a) Never having married or having children.
(b) Chasing off the children and Chalito's death.
(c) Not helping the poor, starving Yaqui Indians more.
(d) Not having written a book about he plight of the Yaquis. 'hidden' name=

3. What did the Babas talk about together?
(a) They talked politics.
(b) They complimented each other on their good looks.
(c) They discussed the books they had recently read.
(d) They discussed the Bible.

4. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?
(a) He goes to California to become a panhandler.
(b) He goes to Phoenix to work in construction.
(c) He goes back to Mexico to work on a farm.
(d) He goes to Tucson to become a waiter in a Mexican restaurant.

5. How often did Mr. and Mrs. Baba bathe?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once in the evening.
(c) Once in the morning.
(d) Four times a day.

6. Don de Cocuch spent a lot of time around what animals?
(a) Burros.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

7. What does Loreto buy with the money he makes?
(a) He buys some ice cream for thirty cents.
(b) He buys a beer for a quarter.
(c) He buys a taco for fifteen cents.
(d) He buys a buritto for twenty cents.

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

9. How old was Buzz Saw?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

11. What was Tony Baba's wife like?
(a) She was an intellectual.
(b) She was warm and friendly to everyone.
(c) She was frigid and adored her cat.
(d) She was a homebody who loved cleaning her house.

12. Which of Lencho's children barely touches the food at the birthday party?
(a) Chalito.
(b) Maria.
(c) Buzz Saw.
(d) Pedro.

13. At what time does Chalito utter his last word?
(a) At three on the dot the morning after the party.
(b) At 2 on the dot the morning after the party.
(c) At five on the dot the morning after the party.
(d) At four o'clock in the morning after the party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the poor women and children make money?

3. What is a short description of Lorenzo?

4. What promises does the one man tempt the other with to keep him walking?

5. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?

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