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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 took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) An old beggar woman
(b) Several little kids.
(c) A rival car washer
(d) A prostitute

2. What is a parida?
(a) A desert snake.
(b) A beer and a glass of tequila.
(c) A glass of soda pop.
(d) A kind of tortilla.

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

4. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?
(a) Loreto's first love.
(b) Tony Baba's wife.
(c) Ruperta.
(d) Chuco's wife.

5. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?
(a) Captain.
(b) Major.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Manuel also called?

2. Describe Loreto's pants and what happens to him because of them?

3. Why do children pursue Kite?

4. Who is Moroyoqui?

5. What does Lencho promise his dead son in delirium the afternoon he's buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author handle the theme of wealth?

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

3. Who is Elpidio?

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

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

6. Describe General Cajetes.

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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