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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. Why do children pursue Kite?
(a) He often gives them candy.
(b) He gives coins to the children.
(c) He can be persuaded to tell stories to the children.
(d) He ties many tails to his clothes which fly in the wind.

2. Who took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) A rival car washer
(b) A prostitute
(c) An old beggar woman
(d) Several little kids.

3. What about his horse's anatomy bothers the soldier fighting against Chayo's Yaqui Indians?
(a) His mane.
(b) His backbone.
(c) His hooves.
(d) His tail.

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

5. How does Loreto earn money?
(a) He is a panhandler.
(b) He sells tourist items.
(c) He washes cars.
(d) He sells vegetables at the side of the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?

2. What does the name "Malguerida" mean?

3. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?

4. What gives Loreto a guilt complex?

5. What does Senora Davalos de Cocuch give to Chalito's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tony Baba.

2. Why is La Malquerida so unhappy and bitter?

3. Briefly describe Loreto's house by the river.

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

5. What does one of the two men walking to the San Joaquin Valley complain about?

6. Describe Kite and tell why the children chase him.

7. Describe Loreto's childhood friend, Little Jes's of Bethlehem.

8. How does the author handle the theme of wealth?

9. What are bichigetters?

10. What do the two men see that gives them hope?

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