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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. Lorenzo is what kind of a man?
(a) He's a droopy, pessimistic man.
(b) He's a naturally happy and laughing man.
(c) He's a totally logical and analytical man.
(d) He's an angry, argumentative man.

2. What is Vate afraid of?
(a) Dying of thirst.
(b) Being abandoned by his friend.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Snakes.

3. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?
(a) He goes to Tucson to become a waiter in a Mexican restaurant.
(b) He goes to California to become a panhandler.
(c) He goes to Phoenix to work in construction.
(d) He goes back to Mexico to work on a farm.

4. What does one of the group of travelers die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Heatstroke.
(c) The measles.
(d) Starvation.

5. What does the government do to Jes's because they're afraid of him?
(a) They nail him to a cross.
(b) They hang him.
(c) They tie him against a saguaro with huge thorns.
(d) They shoot him with a firing squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Loreto earn money?

2. What was the wealthy man's former occupation?

3. At what time does Chalito utter his last word?

4. What do an officer and a soldier complain about regarding Chayon and his Yaqui Indians?

5. Who is Chuco?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many children does Cuamea have and how does he raise them?

2. Who is the Skinny Lady?

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

4. What happens to Chayo Cuamea's oldest son and what is his name?

5. What are bichigetters?

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

7. Describe Tony Baba.

8. Who is Ruperta?

9. Who owns the brothel where La Maquerida was put by force and what happens to him?

10. Why is La Malquerida so unhappy and bitter?

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