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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sun, Chapters 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the ingredients for balche, the sacred drink Sol must drink in honor of St. Rita?
(a) Honey and the bark of the bacab tree.
(b) Chocolate and coffee.
(c) Wine with oranges.
(d) Millk and sugar.

2. What does Lucia find in a book as she cleans Julian's desk?
(a) A photograph of Lucia.
(b) Old prayer card.
(c) Pressed flowers.
(d) Letter from his mother.

3. What does Julian say about Saavedra in Chapter 5?
(a) He's impossible to talk with.
(b) He is too shy.
(c) He's a really good man.
(d) He is mean.

4. What kind of work does Saavedra offer Julian in Chapter 4?
(a) Cleaning his office.
(b) Gardening work.
(c) Accounting work.
(d) Part-time teaching.

5. What did Don Manuel's three-year-old son Manuelito die of?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Flu.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sol's hair color?

2. How does the audience respond to Julian's talk at the end of the debate in Chapter 8?

3. What keys does Professor Saavedra give Julian access to?

4. What does Sol's nanny tell her to do when the heavy incense smoke makes her eyes tear up?

5. How old is Lucia?

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