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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. Who is Chuco?
(a) A chicano youth who gets caught up in the revolultion.
(b) Loreto's long, lost brother.
(c) The owner of a modest restaurant.
(d) A champion cotton-picker who gets in a fight in a brothel.

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

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

4. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?
(a) A poor chicano couple
(b) A large Mexican family.
(c) A well-dressed, wealthy couple.
(d) Two American tourists.

5. What is the main destination of the group of travelers?
(a) San Luis Rio, Colorado.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?

2. What is one of the main character traits of Loreto?

3. How do the poor women and children make money?

4. How many men seeking work in the U.S. are rounded up in Tucson and put in lockup?

5. What unusual physical feature did Papa's grandmother have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Elpidio?

3. Why hasn't Loreto had food for three days in the beginning of the book and what does he finally do?

4. What does one of the men walking through the desert say to the other one to persuade him to continue on?

5. How does Flaminio Jarandas make his money as a lawyer?

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

7. Describe Rudolph Smith Jr.

8. Who is Chalito and why is he a tragic character?

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

10. Who is Dona Reginalda?

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