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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Candidó decide to do with the cat?
(a) Keep it as a family pet.
(b) Use it to earn some money.
(c) Kill it and cook it for stew.
(d) Give it to a shelter.

2. Which of the following characters has a darkroom?
(a) Jack Jardine.
(b) Jack Cherrystone.
(c) Delaney.
(d) América.

3. What happens as Candidó is walking toward the Italian market?
(a) His daughter is born.
(b) He is almost hit by a car.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) A coyote attacks him.

4. Where does Candidó build a shelter for his family?
(a) Between two dumpsters behind a convenience store.
(b) In a junkyard full of old cars.
(c) In the newly-burned section of the woods.
(d) In the brush below the fence surrounding Arroyo Blanco Estates.

5. What does Jordan search for in his home?
(a) His favorite book.
(b) His stuffed animals.
(c) His favorite shoes.
(d) His cat.

6. Who notes that Delaney's column has made several people angry?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Candidó.
(c) Jack Jardine.
(d) Kyra.

7. What does Delaney try to joke about when the fire is burning?
(a) Coyotes in the forest.
(b) The turkey in the oven.
(c) Alcohol and cigarettes.
(d) Mexican immigrants.

8. Which character sets up cameras along the fence?
(a) Kyra.
(b) Jack, Jr.
(c) Delaney.
(d) Jordan.

9. Which of the following homes is burned in the fire?
(a) The Da Ros place.
(b) Candidós apartment.
(c) Kyra and Delaney's house.
(d) Dominick Flood's home.

10. How long does América wait for Candidó in Canoga Park?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) An hour.

11. What does Kyra find in her purse?
(a) A wad of money from Candidó.
(b) Dominick Flood's ankle bracelet.
(c) A picture and a note from América.
(d) Keys to her new home.

12. Which characters are carried away by the water down the hillside?
(a) Jack, Jr., Dominick Flood, and Delaney.
(b) Delaney, Candidó, and Jack Jardine.
(c) Delaney, Kyra, and Jordan.
(d) Candidó, América, and Socorro.

13. What is Kit's relationship to Kyra?
(a) Kit is Kyra's mother.
(b) Kit is Kyra's daughter.
(c) Kit is Kyra's cousin.
(d) Kit is Kyra's sister.

14. Why do Delaney and Kyra go out walking together?
(a) To patrol the area for Mexicans.
(b) To share important things about their day.
(c) To search for Dame Edna.
(d) To share cookies with the neighbors.

15. What sort of weather does fall bring in Los Angeles, according to the narrator?
(a) Humid and sticky.
(b) Rainy and cool.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Cool and pleasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Darlene supposed to do if Kyra does not call her within fifteen minutes of arriving at the Da Ros place?

2. What is Kyra's relationship to Darlene?

3. Why does Delaney's column anger readers?

4. Who notices first that Socorro may be blind?

5. What is the topic of Delaney's column, "Pilgrim at Topanga Creek"?

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