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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 | Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms means lending of money at an extremely high interest rate?
(a) Sharkery
(b) Usury
(c) Slavery
(d) Peasantry

2. How old is Carlos when his brother leaves to fight in the war?
(a) 10
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 15

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term barrio?
(a) A slum and very poor neighborhood
(b) A Spanish-speaking area of a town
(c) A regular neighborhood
(d) A very wealthy area of a town

4. What does Macario think the family should sell so that he can finish his last three months of school?
(a) The church land
(b) Any food they grow
(c) All the land they have left or the house
(d) All of the animals they own

5. How do Carlos and Luciano earn money to open a small store?
(a) They capture and sell parrots
(b) They fix equipment and machinery
(c) They babysit children from the village
(d) They bar-b-que birds and sell them

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a skill Luciano learns in the service which makes him employable?

2. Why does Carlos have to stay home during the rainy season?

3. What does Carlos find his mother doing when he finally finds her?

4. At what grade level does Amado's education end?

5. What book does Macario read to Carlos?

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