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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A picture of what is in a prominent place in Loreto's house?
(a) An ice cream popsicle.
(b) An ice cream cone.
(c) A hot fudge sundae.
(d) A birthday cake.

2. How does Cuamea train his children?
(a) Like guerilla fighters.
(b) To make money.
(c) Like scholars.
(d) To be religious.

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

4. What are the physical dimensions of Loreto's house?
(a) Eight by six by six feet tall.
(b) Eight by eight by five feet tall.
(c) Seven by eight by five feet tall.
(d) Eight by ten by six feet tall.

5. What does Jes's want to do when he leaves his hometown?
(a) He wants to get a job and earn money.
(b) He wants to become an American citizen.
(c) He wants to change his name and marry.
(d) He wants to heal everyone he meets.

6. Where is Loreto found after he dies?
(a) In the desert.
(b) In the village.
(c) In his little house by the river.
(d) Along the road in the desert.

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

8. What did the wife of the owner of the superbrothel dress her dogs in?
(a) Pop-it pearl necklaces.
(b) Rhinestone collars.
(c) Rubber panties with pictures of butterflies.
(d) Little football T-shirts with numbers on them.

9. What is the chief physical characteristic of Cuamea's wife?
(a) She has large black eyes.
(b) She is voluptuous.
(c) She has beautiful white teeth.
(d) She is extremely thin.

10. Who realizes that it's a dead person not a stray dog that smells so bad?
(a) Peluchi.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Petrucio.
(d) Pepe.

11. What is Loreto's house constructed of?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Discarded wood.
(c) Straw.
(d) Adobe bricks.

12. How do the Foxyes become wealthy?
(a) From farming.
(b) From banking.
(c) From real estate.
(d) From inheritance.

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

14. What does Jes's claim the eighth deadly sin is?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Politics.
(c) War.
(d) Gullibility.

15. What are the hinges of Loreto's front door made of ?
(a) Bent sardine cans.
(b) Bent cans of tunafish.
(c) Bent cans of salmon.
(d) Bent cans of Spam.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of what month does Loreto die?

2. What does someone take Chuco in jail that makes him very happy?

3. What is the name of Cuamea's oldest child?

4. What happens to Frankie Perez?

5. What are the garbage collectors called?

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