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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. Lorenzo is what kind of a man?

2. What does Lencho buy at the supermarket?

3. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?

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

5. What did the Babas talk about together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Rudolph H. Smith's house.

3. Describe Bobby Foxye's parents.

4. Who is Pedrito Sotolin?

5. What is the work situation of the wetbacks working for Tony Baba's grandmother?

6. A car passes the two exhausted, desperate men. Why doesn't it stop to give them a ride?

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

8. Who does Loreto run into in the first scene in the book?

9. Who is Ruperta?

10. What happened to Cuamea's father and how does that affect Cuamea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the character, Kite. Why is he so popular with the children? What was his background?

2) Describe the character, Ruperta. What is her appearance? How does she survive?

3) Describe Chuco. What is is admired for? Who are his companions?

Choose two of the three to write on.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe the character, "La Malquerida". Why was she given that name?

Part 2) Describe the character Tony Baba. What might make the reader dislike him?

Part 3) Describe the character, Chalito, his appearance, character and fate. Why is he such a tragic character?

Choose two of the three options to write on.

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