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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Lencho have?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

3. 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 became obsessed with love for the horse.
(d) He lost control of his bowels.

4. Which worker does Tony Baba's grandmother intensely dislike and why?
(a) Loreto.
(b) Choro.
(c) Elia.
(d) Tom.

5. What kind of character did Tony Baba's grandmother's have?
(a) She was a sweet old-fashioned grandmother.
(b) She was reprehensible and exploited and underpaid her workers.
(c) She was like a loving mother to him.
(d) She was a fierce revolutionary.

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

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

8. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?
(a) He's fat and lazy.
(b) He's coarse and crude.
(c) He's kind and jolly.
(d) He's old and weak.

9. 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 he won't be able to make the journey alone.
(c) That it's too late to turn back.
(d) That's it's cowardly to give up.

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

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

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

13. Who did Tony Baba say he looked like when he viewed himself naked in the mirror?
(a) Like a weight-lifter.
(b) Like Napoleon, but stronger and taller.
(c) Like a movie star.
(d) Like a Greek statue.

14. Lorenzo is what kind of a man?
(a) He's a totally logical and analytical man.
(b) He's a naturally happy and laughing man.
(c) He's a droopy, pessimistic man.
(d) He's an angry, argumentative man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather was Loreto hoping for in the beginning of the book?

2. Which of Lencho's children barely touches the food at the birthday party?

3. How does an old woman named Candelita finally sell her lottery tickets?

4. PILGRIMS IN AZTLAN takes during which decade of the 20th century?

5. What is a parida?

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