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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the soldiers want to do to Chayo Cuamea?
(a) They want to put him in jail.
(b) They want to hang him.
(c) They want to put him in front of a firing squad.
(d) They want to kill him in battle.

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

5. What sign does Chuco imitate?
(a) A sign showing a Mexican crossing the desert.
(b) A sign showing a man drinking tequila.
(c) A sign showing a sleeping Mexican, seemingly a lazy bum.
(d) A sign showing a Mexican dancing on his sombrero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragic thing happens to Chalito, the skinniest of the boys, who washed cars on Loreto's street?

2. What about his horse's anatomy bothers the soldier fighting against Chayo's Yaqui Indians?

3. What happened to the wealthy man because of the horse he rode?

4. Who is Moroyoqui?

5. How old was Buzz Saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lorenzo?

2. Why is Chuco sentenced to four years in jail and who sentences him?

3. Describe Chuco and what he does.

4. Who does Loreto run into in the first scene in the book?

5. What does Vate do when he reaches San Luis?

6. What is the work situation of the wetbacks working for Tony Baba's grandmother?

7. What happens to Chayo Cuamea's eldest son, Chayito, and whose godson is he?

8. Who is Ramagacha?

9. A car passes the two exhausted, desperate men. Why doesn't it stop to give them a ride?

10. Describe Tony Baba.

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