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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. What is the desert poetically referred to as?
(a) A kind of heaven.
(b) A blank canvas and a grave.
(c) A land of delights and mysteries.
(d) An ocean of sand.

2. Where does Chuco finally go and what work is he seeking?
(a) Chuco goes to Phoenix to work in construction.
(b) Chuco goes to Tucson to work as a cook.
(c) Chuco goes to pick grapes in California.
(d) Chuco goes back to Mexico to sell lottery tickets.

3. PILGRIMS IN AZTLAN takes during which decade of the 20th century?
(a) The 80s.
(b) The 60s.
(c) The 50s.
(d) The 70s.

4. How old was Buzz Saw?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

5. What was the distinguishing factor about the Babas' bathroom?
(a) It was huge.
(b) It was lined with mirrors.
(c) It had a large, sunken tub.
(d) It had a view of the mountains from the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name, Ramagacha, mean?

2. How much money does Lencho get from his sons for Buzz Saw's birthday?

3. Who is Chuco?

4. What does Lencho promise his dead son in delirium the afternoon he's buried?

5. How does an old woman named Candelita finally sell her lottery tickets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peluchi do for a living?

2. What is Chuco doing when the narrator meets him again ten years later.

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

4. How is the theme of hypocrisy handled in the book?

5. How many of the revolution troops are captured and what happens to them?

6. Describe Rudolph H. Smith's house.

7. Describe Bobby Foxye's parents.

8. Why do the people on the street laugh at Loreto?

9. Why is Jes's of Bethlehem famous among his people?

10. Describe Loreto and what he does to make money.

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