View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Danny want to buy for the woman in #23?
(a) A ring.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) Candy.
(d) Flowers.

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

4. What do the other paisanos find on St. Andrews Eve?
(a) A skeleton.
(b) Some empty wine bottles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) An empty buried chest.

5. Why does Danny receive the sentence he does?
(a) He knows the chief of police.
(b) He is a veteran.
(c) He is on the police force.
(d) His uncle is the sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Pilon figure the Pirate must be hoarding?

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

4. Everything in Danny's house is ____________________.

5. What lesson do the men glean from the house burning down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are Danny's reactions when he learns that his second house has burned down?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 831 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample