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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a coyote man do?
(a) Sets fire to buildings for pay.
(b) Manages prostitutes.
(c) Sells opium.
(d) Smuggles people to the U.S.

2. What causes Matt to go to the oasis alone?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is curious.
(d) He is lonely.

3. What is Tam Lin's job?
(a) Butler.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Body guard.
(d) Cook.

4. What does Maria do with her gift for Matt?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Hides it.
(c) Puts it in his room.
(d) Gives it to El Patron.

5. What does Tam Lin like to teach Matt about?
(a) El Patron.
(b) Politics.
(c) Nature.
(d) History.

6. Who does Matt talk to about what he saw at the hospital?
(a) El Patron.
(b) Celia.
(c) Maria.
(d) Tam Lin.

7. What makes Matt feel special after talking about what he saw at the hospital?
(a) He knows how to win Maria.
(b) He has been spared.
(c) He is still alive.
(d) He is the only one of his kind.

8. Who gets mad at Maria for sleeping with Matt?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Rosa.

9. How many siblings did El Patron have?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

10. How old is Matt when he meets Tam Lin?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

11. What is Maria's gift to Matt?
(a) A poem.
(b) Books.
(c) Taffy.
(d) Nuts.

12. Why does someone object to Matt being at El Viejo's funeral?
(a) He is dirty.
(b) He caused the death.
(c) He will cause a scene.
(d) He is an animal.

13. What does the doctor say Matt suffers from when Matt is with the old man?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Voluntary Muteness.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Anemia.

14. How does Matt feel when he sees Maria's gift to him?
(a) Loved.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Guilty.

15. What does Rosa tell Matt not to do as she leads him across the courtyard?
(a) Talk about her.
(b) Misbehave.
(c) Limp.
(d) Act stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Matt so upset about what he saw at the hospital?

2. How does El Patron rate how much people love him?

3. What is an eejit?

4. Why do children discover Matt?

5. What is inside what Tam Lin left at the oasis for Matt?

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