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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, La Gorda.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that the best way to cure a terminal patient is to remind them they are ______. When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous.
(a) Terminal.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Human.
(d) Loved.

2. When La Gorda returned to her home, her _______ led her out to the desert and beat her with sticks and rocks and left her for dead.
(a) Co-workers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Family.
(d) Enemies.

3. La Gorda's history included having to beg for food using a ______ so that people would feel bad for her.
(a) Cane.
(b) Crutch.
(c) Wheelchair.
(d) Baby.

4. Carlos was also re-oriented in a similar fashion early on in his apprenticeship except that his direction is _______.
(a) Northwest.
(b) Southeast.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Northeast.

5. Josefina shreds her hand on a _______ before she is finally able to drop her old ways and move into the ways of power.
(a) Rock.
(b) Leaf.
(c) Stick.
(d) Piece of glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carlos begins to talk to La Gorda, he becomes upset and _______.

2. When ______ arrives at the house, she first appears to be in her fifties to Carlos, and she can barely walk.

3. Dona Soledad and ______ do not get along well with each other and cause each other conflict.

4. During this encounter Carlos becomes aware that he is viewing the scene in the house from the ______.

5. Although Carlos was again able to save himself by jumping out of his body he was also saved by the arrival of ______.

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