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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) A rival car washer
(b) An old beggar woman
(c) A prostitute
(d) Several little kids.
2. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?
(a) Kite.
(b) Tabby.
(c) Loreto.
(d) Choro.
3. How does Loreto earn money?
(a) He washes cars.
(b) He sells tourist items.
(c) He sells vegetables at the side of the road.
(d) He is a panhandler.
4. What gives Loreto a guilt complex?
(a) Never having married or having children.
(b) Not helping the poor, starving Yaqui Indians more.
(c) Not having written a book about he plight of the Yaquis. 'hidden' name=
(d) Chasing off the children and Chalito's death.
5. What is a short description of Lorenzo?
(a) A poet at heart who falls in love with the desert and moon.
(b) A Yaqui Indian soldier eager to fight.
(c) A young man seeking wealth and adventure across the border.
(d) An old, ragged Yaqui Indian with no family.
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) Buy some toys for Buzz Saw.
(c) Buy notebooks and pencils for when school starts.
(d) Put the money in a savings account for Buzz Saw.
7. What happened to the wealthy man because of the horse he rode?
(a) He pictured himself as a famous general.
(b) His back was injured.
(c) He became obsessed with love for the horse.
(d) He lost control of his bowels.
8. What sign does Chuco imitate?
(a) A sign showing a Mexican dancing on his sombrero.
(b) A sign showing a sleeping Mexican, seemingly a lazy bum.
(c) A sign showing a Mexican crossing the desert.
(d) A sign showing a man drinking tequila.
9. What do an officer and a soldier complain about regarding Chayon and his Yaqui Indians?
(a) That they are too religious.
(b) That they are taking up arms against the government.
(c) That they are uneducated.
(d) That they are dirty and ragged.
10. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?
(a) Valente, the Vaseline Man.
(b) Jose, a young soldier.
(c) Geraldo, a street singer.
(d) Pedro, a traveling salesman.
11. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?
(a) A large Mexican family.
(b) A well-dressed, wealthy couple.
(c) A poor chicano couple
(d) Two American tourists.
12. When Manuel dies, what does his friend make for him?
(a) A memorial mound of stones.
(b) A cross out of bones.
(c) A wreath of desert flowers.
(d) A cross out of twigs.
13. What was the air like in the first scene of the book?
(a) Dirty, hazy and smoky.
(b) Perfumed by the flower stands in the street.
(c) Clear and bright.
(d) Filled with flying insects.
14. Why is Ramagacha going to the U.S.?
(a) He's going to try to earn money and buy land in the U.S.
(b) He's running away from the law.
(c) He's going to find a wife in the U.S.
(d) He's going to earn money for his two grandchildren.
15. Who is Kite?
(a) Loreto's old cousin.
(b) A young chicano boy who washes cars for money.
(c) A fat, dirty man with swollen feet and a dirty beard.
(d) A good friend of Tony Baba and his wife.
Short Answer Questions
1. Dosa de Cocuch has what bad habit?
2. How much money does Loreto finally make from foreign tourists?
3. What was Manuel also called?
4. What does Jes's of Bethlehem do?
5. What does the government do to Jes's because they're afraid of him?
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