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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 5 (to page 41).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only way that Jalcocotbn is reachable?
(a) By an underground cave system.
(b) By a narrow canyon trail.
(c) By boat.
(d) By steep, rocky trails.

2. What is it that provides an escape route for Jalcocotbn should an attack occur?
(a) A hidden path through the forest.
(b) A secret path leading up to the mountains.
(c) A small tunnel that is in the side of the rocky hills.
(d) A hidden cove on the coast line housing hidden boats.

3. What basic skills do the adults of Jalcocotbn value?
(a) Arithmetic and language.
(b) Language and science.
(c) Science and history.
(d) Cooking and Arithmetic.

4. How does Ernie receive his education, for the most part?
(a) From watching the people around him.
(b) By travelling twice a week to Tepic.
(c) By going to the local church and being taught by the Pastor.
(d) From his elder cousin, through homeschool.

5. Besides drinking water, what does the stream deliver to the village?
(a) Driftwood.
(b) Fish.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Alga.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernie respond when he sees the rooster trying to mate with a hen?

2. What reassurance does Ernie's mother give him about the rooster.

3. What profession is Ernie interested in in Part One, Section 5?

4. Besides "rooster" what does the Spanish word gallo mean?

5. What is a zopilote?

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