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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. Who is Ruperta?

2. What is one of the main character traits of Loreto?

3. What is Chalito's father's name?

4. Dosa de Cocuch has what bad habit?

5. What does the name, Ramagacha, mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Loreto's childhood friend, Little Jes's of Bethlehem.

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

3. What does Vate do when he reaches San Luis?

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

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

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

7. Describe Rudolph H Smith.

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

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

10. Who is Ramagacha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Where is the dead body of Loreto found? By whom? Who notifies the authorities of his death?

2) Who comes to take the dead body of Loreto away? What happens to to Nelson Ortiz during during the loading of Loreto's body into the truck?

3) Describe Loreto's house down by the river. What do the bichigetters find when they tear it apart?

Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Loreto including his appearance, what he does for a living, his character, etc.

Part 2) Describe Chalito including his appearance, character and fate.

Part 3) What is your opinion of the author's writing style? Give explanations and examples from the book.

Choose two of the three options to write on.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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