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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. What do Danny and the jailer do while Danny is still incarcerated?
(a) Go out for more wine.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Swap stories.

2. What does Pilon do to earn money?
(a) Pumps gas.
(b) Buses tables.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Cleans squid.

3. How did the person in #26 get money for wine?
(a) Cleaning squid.
(b) Pumping gas.
(c) Hocking a rowboat.
(d) Painting houses.

4. What does the Pirate buy for St. Francis?
(a) Prayer card.
(b) Rosary.
(c) Statue.
(d) Candlestick.

5. Tortilla Flat thrives on gossip about _______________.
(a) businessmen.
(b) priests.
(c) love lives.
(d) newcomers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus Maria pledge to do for Danny?

2. What is Danny's role in TORTILLA FLAT?

3. What word meaning "friend" is used in TORTILLA FLAT?

4. At whose home to Pilon and Pablo have dinner?

5. Why does Danny receive the sentence he does?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the paisanos follow the Pirate every morning?

2. What is the reason for Danny's becoming drunk and disorderly and what is his sentence?

3. What do the paisanos learn is in the Pirates' canvas bag and what is done with the bag at the house?

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

5. Why does Pilon think he will find the treasure in the St. Andrew's Eve dig?

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

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

8. Who does Danny invite to live with him in his house?

9. Who is the Pirate and what does Pilon learn about his daily routine?

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

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