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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?
(a) Chuco's wife.
(b) Tony Baba's wife.
(c) Ruperta.
(d) Loreto's first love.

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

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

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

10. How much money does Lencho get from his sons for Buzz Saw's birthday?
(a) 10 dollars.
(b) 15 dollars.
(c) 12 dollars.
(d) 9 dollars.

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

12. Describe Loreto's pants and what happens to him because of them?
(a) They're ragged and cause pity among the tourists.
(b) Stiff with dirt, an ant crawls in, making Loreto dance.
(c) Very Mexican and colorful, theyre a draw for tourists.
(d) Tight like a bullfighter's pants, causing women to stare.

13. What was the wealthy man's former occupation?
(a) He was a cotton-picker.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a barber.
(d) He was a soldier.

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

15. 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 later becomes a priest.
(c) He becomes a painter and poet.
(d) He gets a cough from being soaked and dies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator run into Chuco ten years later?

3. How many men seeking work in the U.S. are rounded up in Tucson and put in lockup?

4. What was Manuel also called?

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

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