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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 two hobbies did Tony Baba's wife have?
(a) Knitting and sewing.
(b) Talking on the phone and collecting money.
(c) Reading and playing the piano.
(d) Cooking and baking.

2. What did the Babas talk about together?
(a) They discussed the books they had recently read.
(b) They discussed the Bible.
(c) They talked politics.
(d) They complimented each other on their good looks.

3. What kind of a man is Vate?
(a) He's a mystical, almost priest-like man.
(b) He's a hard-working, practical man.
(c) He's an optimistic, happy man.
(d) He's a sad man.

4. Besides the theme of racism, what other theme is used in the book?
(a) The superiority of men over women.
(b) Madness created by hunger, abuse and biogtry.
(c) People who pose as good Christians while exploiting others.
(d) Wealth as the tool of social injustice.

5. What does Malquerida do to the man who wants to become her pimp and tempts her?
(a) She swears at him and kicks him.
(b) She gives in and becomes his prostitute.
(c) She throws food in his face.
(d) She tears his face with a bottle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?

3. When Manuel dies, what does his friend make for him?

4. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?

5. How did the man whom Loreto met on his way to church become wealthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Pedrito Sotolin?

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

3. Who is the Skinny Lady?

4. Who is Malguerida and what does the name mean?

5. What are bichigetters?

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

7. What is Manuel's other name and what happens to him in the desert?

8. Describe General Cajetes.

9. What does one of the soldiers fighting Chayo complain about and what is the solution his captain offers?

10. Describe Kite. ( Ffor instance: what does he look like, do all the time and what was his former occupation?)

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