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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Section 3 (to page 171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In part one, section 4 what trait do we see associated with femininity?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Love.
(c) Strength.
(d) Resilience.

2. What are haciendas?
(a) Open fields.
(b) Small communities.
(c) Houses.
(d) Commercial farms.

3. Ernie comments that the world is made of two types of men, those on horseback and what other type of men?
(a) Those on foot.
(b) Those with money.
(c) Those in government.
(d) Those on their knees.

4. What similarity can be seen between Coronel and Don Catarino?
(a) They are both very intelligent.
(b) They are both quick.
(c) They are both the head of their "households."
(d) They are both loud.

5. What slang term for cowardly is used by Ernie's mother in Part One, Section 4?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Spineless.
(d) Scaredy cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role do the younger boys play when the older boys allow them to play bullfights with them?

2. Through whose story does Ernie explain the traditional way a boy learns his fathers work?

3. How high are the sidewalks where Ernie lives in the Mazatlan?

4. How does Ernie first learn about the physical differences between boys and girls?

5. What is a zopilote?

(see the answer key)

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