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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about his horse's anatomy bothers the soldier fighting against Chayo's Yaqui Indians?
(a) His hooves.
(b) His backbone.
(c) His tail.
(d) His mane.

2. What does one of the travelers, Pedrito Sotolin, do?
(a) He sits down and writes a long letter to his family.
(b) He curses the day he was born.
(c) He tries to start a fight with the others.
(d) He prays.

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

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

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

6. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?
(a) Buy Buzz Saw a new Sunday outfit for church.
(b) Put the money in a savings account for Buzz Saw.
(c) Buy notebooks and pencils for when school starts.
(d) Buy some toys for Buzz Saw.

7. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?
(a) Valente, the Vaseline Man.
(b) Jose, a young soldier.
(c) Pedro, a traveling salesman.
(d) Geraldo, a street singer.

8. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Major.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Captain.

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

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

11. One of the two men walking across the desert wants to give up but the other persuades him to continue by telling him what?
(a) That his father is dying and his wife and children are starving.
(b) That it's too late to turn back.
(c) That he won't be able to make the journey alone.
(d) That's it's cowardly to give up.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the desert poetically referred to as?

2. Don de Cocuch spent a lot of time around what animals?

3. How much money does Lencho get from his sons for Buzz Saw's birthday?

4. What was Tony Baba's wife like?

5. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?

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