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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carlos learn how to get around on the trains?
(a) Watching hobos
(b) Listening to passengers
(c) Following the lead of his brother
(d) Hanging on to rods on the trains

2. Which of the following best describes Carlos' understanding of his illness and diagnosis?
(a) Isolates himself
(b) Realizes he will soon die
(c) He understands it completely
(d) He does not understand it

3. Where does Carlos want to be transferred?
(a) Different hospital
(b) Eileen's home
(c) No where, he wants to stay in the hospital
(d) Sanitarium

4. What causes the strike to gain momentum?
(a) Carlos' involvement
(b) Jose's involvement
(c) Pascaul's death
(d) The death threats

5. How does Carlos earn money while he is living with his cousin?
(a) Working with an American
(b) Going to school
(c) Working on a fishing boat
(d) Selling fish his cousin catches

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does the family spend all of its money?

2. Which character gets a girl in trouble and has to leave town?

3. How do Ronald and Carlos meet?

4. Why does Macario not want to marry the girl who has moved in with him?

5. Who tells Carlos to head to Stockton?

(see the answer key)

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