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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the two men who meet at the end of the book worked at together?
(a) Digging ditches.
(b) Picking cantaloupes.
(c) Picking cotton.
(d) Harvesting grapes.

2. How many children does Cuamea have?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. How many garbage men are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

4. What does someone take Chuco in jail that makes him very happy?
(a) A bible.
(b) A letter from his family.
(c) A pack of cigarettes.
(d) Some food.

5. How old is Bobby Foxye when he is sent away to boarding school?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

6. About how old is Rudolph H. Smith when he appears in the book?
(a) About sixty,.
(b) About fifty.
(c) About seventy.
(d) About fifty-five.

7. What does Mrs. Foxye get for the dog at the beauty parlor?
(a) Blonde streaks in its hair.
(b) A wig.
(c) A massage.
(d) A pedicure and a permanent wave.

8. By how many years does Loreto survive Frankie?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two and a half years.
(d) Two years.

9. How old is Dona Candelita the flower seller?
(a) 80.
(b) 75,
(c) 70.
(d) 68.

10. What kind of house do the Foxyes live in?
(a) A townhouse in the center of town.
(b) An adobe house outside of the town.
(c) A pre-fab, three-bedroom house among identical houses.
(d) A gorgeous mansion with gardens.

11. What does Jes's do that shocked everyone?
(a) He becomes a gambler in the casino.
(b) He swindles money from the people.
(c) He lies and cheats.
(d) He has sex with the mayor's wife and three daughters.

12. What do Kite's feet look like?
(a) The feet of a turtle.
(b) Dirty with long toe nails.
(c) Sculptured and beautiful.
(d) Wounded and bleeding.

13. What is the east wall of Loreto's house made of?
(a) Sheets made from cans of Enca shortening and Fredo dog food.
(b) Sheets made from Campbell soup cans.
(c) Sheets made from Spam cans.
(d) Sheets made from Friskies cat food and Alpo dog food cans.

14. How old is Jes's when he leaves his hometown?
(a) 22.
(b) 33.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.

15. How do the Foxyes avoid having more than one child?
(a) The Foxyes use strict birth control methods.
(b) The Foxyes stop having sex with each other.
(c) Mr. Foxye has a vasectomy.
(d) Mrs. Foxye gets her tubes tied.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Foxyes become wealthy?

2. What is the chief physical characteristic of Cuamea's wife?

3. What is the name of Frankie Perez' father?

4. Where do the Foxyes live?

5. What did the wife of the owner of the superbrothel dress her dogs in?

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