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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they do to Chalito to try to make him well?

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

3. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?

4. What does Lencho buy at the supermarket?

5. What military rank did Chayo Cuamea have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the bar scene what do the men make lewd jokes about and why are they in the bar?

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

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

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

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

6. What do the two men see that gives them hope?

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

8. Why is Chuco sentenced to four years in jail and who sentences him?

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

10. Who is Dona Reginalda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Choose your favorite character in the book and write about him or her. Tell why you chose that character.

2) What does Mendez' Jes's say the eighth deadly sin is? Do you agree of not agree? Why?

3) Name the nicknames of four characters in the book and tell which character they belong to.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Who is the dead man found at the bottom of a ravine. What is the story behind him?

2) Describe the scene from the book with Loreto and Frankie Perez. What are their thoughts and emotions?

3) Who is Mr. McCane? What does he do? How does he affect other characters in the book?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the desert as it is portrayed in the book

2) Give five reasons why you like or dislike the writing style of Miguel Mendez.

3) What do Dona Reginalda and Carlos do to La Malquerida?

Choose two of these topics to write on.

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