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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 does Tony Baba's grandmother do when a strike is organized against her?
(a) She holds up the workers' salaries.
(b) She closes her business permanently.
(c) She fires her workers.
(d) She decides to go out to dinner to chill out.

2. How many children does Lencho have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

3. What do the soldiers want to do to Chayo Cuamea?
(a) They want to put him in jail.
(b) They want to hang him.
(c) They want to put him in front of a firing squad.
(d) They want to kill him in battle.

4. Describe Loreto's pants and what happens to him because of them?
(a) Tight like a bullfighter's pants, causing women to stare.
(b) They're ragged and cause pity among the tourists.
(c) Stiff with dirt, an ant crawls in, making Loreto dance.
(d) Very Mexican and colorful, theyre a draw for tourists.

5. What is one of the main character traits of Loreto?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Pride.
(d) Vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whay did they call Lencho's little son Buzz Saw?

2. What does the name "Malguerida" mean?

3. After he gives up washing cars, what does Loreto do for money?

4. What does one of the group of travelers die from?

5. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Skinny Lady?

2. Describe Kite and tell why the children chase him.

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

4. What does one of the two men walking to the San Joaquin Valley complain about?

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

6. Describe Rudolph H Smith.

7. Describe Rudolph H. Smith's house.

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

9. Describe Rudolph Smith Jr.

10. Who does Judge Rudolph Smith sentence to a mental institution?

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