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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 does Monon Lopez do?

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

3. What does Malquerida do to the man who wants to become her pimp and tempts her?

4. At what time does Chalito utter his last word?

5. What kind of character did Tony Baba's grandmother's have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dosa Candelita do to make money and what does she do to make people pity her?

2. What does Cuamea get out of the revolution.

3. Who is Ruperta?

4. What is Manuel's other name and what happens to him in the desert?

5. What are bichigetters?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is La Malquerida so unhappy and bitter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) When Loreto is given two dollars, what does he buy with the money? What happens when he drops a coin he has gotten in change?

2) How is the life of Little Jes's of Bethlehem similar to the life of Jesus Christ of the Bible?

3) What does Senora de Cocuch give a check to the Daughters of Samaria for? Describe what is purchased with the check in as much detail as possible.

Choose two of the three topics 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

1) Who was Choro? Describe him. Who did work for? What did he do to rebel against his employer?

2) Describe Little Jes's of Bethlehem, the Yaqui, and compare the events of his life with the events of Jesus in the Bible.

3) Who do you think is worse because of character and actions, Tony Baba or Mario de Cocuch? Why?

Choose two of the three to write on.

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