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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gabriel tell Bobby about the assault on Rafaela?
(a) Gabriel has Emi call Bobby.
(b) Gabriel visits Bobby.
(c) Gabriel sends Bobby an email.
(d) Gabriel calls Bobby.

2. In Chapter 40, how does Bobby answer Xiayue's questions about America?
(a) He says they are all exaggerations.
(b) He says she will love America.
(c) He says he doesn't really know anything about America.
(d) He says they are silly questions.

3. After Rafaela mails the cooler and calls Gabriel, what does Gabriel worry most about?
(a) The safety of his property in Mexico.
(b) Rafaela's political involvement.
(c) The use of his oranges in Mexico.
(d) Rafaela's connection to drug smuggling.

4. Why doesn't Gabriel know what he is looking for in Mexico in Chapter 32?
(a) He lost the letter from his work about what he had to do.
(b) He only feels a spiritual pull toward something.
(c) Rafaela wouldn't tell him the whole story.
(d) No one has told him yet.

5. What does Gabriel ask Emi to do for him while he is out of town in Chapter 27?
(a) Call Rafaela and check on her.
(b) Take notes for him.
(c) Assist Buzzworm with helping the homeless.
(d) Water his plants.

6. Why does Buzzworm end up throwing the cooler?
(a) He doesn't throw the cooler.
(b) Because he doesn't know what to do with it.
(c) Because people try to take it from him.
(d) Because it is what Manzanar suggests.

7. What box does Rafaela empty at Gabriel's house in Chapter 24?
(a) A box of dried goods.
(b) A box of facuet fixtures.
(c) A box of books.
(d) A box of photographs.

8. While on the bus, what does Rafaela ask Arcangel about his job?
(a) If he is a poet.
(b) If he is a businessman.
(c) If he has ever worked before.
(d) If he is a wrestler.

9. How does Emi's network feel about airing footage of Buzzworm?
(a) They don't care.
(b) They love it.
(c) They are nervous about it.
(d) They hate it.

10. How does Bobby react when he sees Rafaela in Chapter 45?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He sighs.
(c) He cries.
(d) He ignores her.

11. In Chapter 30, what does Arcangel give Rafaela to give to Sol?
(a) A book.
(b) A mask.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A poem.

12. In Chapter 39, how does Gabriel get home from the airport?
(a) He takes the bus.
(b) He walks.
(c) He rents a car.
(d) He hitches a ride.

13. In Chapter 32, how does Gabriel receive a list of all the people in Mazatlan who have gone missing?
(a) Emi faxes him the list.
(b) He finds a stack of papers under Gabriel's couch.
(c) He finds a list in his mailbox.
(d) A stranger hands him a stack of computer disks.

14. Why does Emi tell Buzzworm she go involved with Gabriel?
(a) Because he is romantic.
(b) Because he is serious.
(c) Because he is rich.
(d) Because he is beautiful.

15. What does Rodriguez remind Arcangel of?
(a) A gravedigger.
(b) A politician.
(c) A child.
(d) A circus clown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Manzanar feel about his first interview with Gabriel?

2. In Chapter 37, who does Buzzworm see chasing Sol?

3. What amazes Rodriguez about Arcangel when they work together in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 44, why are helicopters flying over the freeway?

5. In Chapter 25, why doesn't Gabriel go to Mexico when Rafaela calls him?

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