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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 sign does Chuco imitate?
(a) A sign showing a Mexican dancing on his sombrero.
(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 crossing the desert.

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

3. What was the wealthy man's former occupation?
(a) He was a barber.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a cotton-picker.

4. How many men seeking work in the U.S. are rounded up in Tucson and put in lockup?
(a) 150.
(b) 250.
(c) 260.
(d) 200.

5. What does Jes's of Bethlehem do?
(a) He heals people and doesn't charge money.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He begs for money very convincingly.
(d) He sings religious songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tony Baba's wife like?

2. Who is Tony Baba?

3. What promises does the one man tempt the other with to keep him walking?

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

5. What is the main destination of the group of travelers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is La Malquerida so unhappy and bitter?

2. Who is Dona Reginalda?

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

4. Give a short description of Chayo Cuamea.

5. What does Jes's do that is shocking considering the other things he has done?

6. How many years does Loreto survive Frankie and where do they find his dead body?

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

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

9. Who is Ruperta?

10. Who is the old man they call "Coffeepot"?

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