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Tortilla Flat Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. Where does Pilon move?
(a) The smaller of Danny's houses.
(b) The homeless shelter.
(c) An apartment.
(d) The YMCA.

2. What does Danny ask Pilon?
(a) To share Danny's house.
(b) To go on vacation with him.
(c) To lend him some money.
(d) To be his best man at the wedding.

3. Where does Big Joe Portagee spend half his civilian life?
(a) Jail.
(b) Boxing ring.
(c) Church.
(d) School.

4. What item does the person in #26 still want to buy for the object of his affections even though she leaves him to go with some soldiers?
(a) Purse.
(b) Hat.
(c) Stockings.
(d) Bra.

5. What does Jesus Maria pledge to do for Danny?
(a) Find him a job.
(b) Paint the house.
(c) Repair furniture.
(d) Provide food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pilon make dig at the treasure spot?

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

3. How much does the Pirate earn each day?

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

5. Who does Pilon invite to live in the house with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the condition of Danny's house and how much rent is it agreed that Pilon will pay?

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

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

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

5. What does the town of Tortilla Flat seem to thrive on and how do the paisanos feel about Danny's love interest?

6. How does Arabella Gross take advantage of Jesus Maria Corcoran?

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

8. How does the author use foreshadowing when Pilon and Pablo are talking about deceased friends?

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

10. Who is the protagonist of the story and how is he introduced in the novel?

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