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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Pilon figure the Pirate must be hoarding?
(a) 25 dollars.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) 5 dollars.
(d) 50 dollars.

2. How does Pilon get Joe's trousers back?
(a) He buys them.
(b) He barters for them.
(c) He steals them.
(d) He does not get them back.

3. What payment does Senora Torrelli give Pilon for the stolen articles?
(a) 1 dollar.
(b) 5 dollars.
(c) A quart of wine.
(d) 25 cents.

4. Who does Pilon make dig at the treasure spot?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Danny.
(c) Joe.
(d) Jesus.

5. What does the Pirate sell every day?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Pitchwood.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pilon and Pablo wish it would rain from the sky?

2. Where does the Pirate show up every day?

3. Why does Pirate buy the item for St. Francis?

4. What does Pilon steal from Joe while Joe is asleep?

5. Who is the jailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Big Joe's experience with Pilon on St. Andrew's Eve?

2. How does Pilon rationalize not getting any gold for Danny?

3. Where does Pilon actually move and who does he invite to move in with him?

4. What is the source of the house fire and what lesson do the men learn from it?

5. How does Pilon try to convince the Pirate to come live in the house with the paisanos?

6. How does Big Joe Portagee become a tenant in Danny's house?

7. Which woman is Danny interested in and what is the attraction?

8. How does Jesus Maria Corcoran become the next tenant in the second house?

9. What does Pilon explain about keeping the treasures one finds in a St. Andrew's Eve dig?

10. What happens to Jesus Maria and what inspiration does Pilon have for the pink bra?

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