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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three (to page 191),.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Part One, Sections 9 and 10, who is campaigning against Don Porfirio for the presidency?
(a) Don Miguel Caster.
(b) Don Roberto Vasquez.
(c) Don Marco Juan Villas.
(d) Don Francisco Madero.

2. Which of the following can offer the village people protection from the devil?
(a) Our Lady of Talpa.
(b) The sign of the cross.
(c) Holy water.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. What do Don Porfirio's mounted police tell the Lopez family they are to do for the troops coming to the village?
(a) They are to do whatever they ask.
(b) They are to pay them their taxes.
(c) They are to make them breakfast.
(d) They are to come out and cheer for them.

4. While staying in Acaponeta, where do Ernie and his mother spend Sunday afternoons?
(a) The river.
(b) The market.
(c) The orchard.
(d) Church.

5. What is suggested after the author's stories circulate at a scholarly meeting?
(a) That he stop telling stories.
(b) That he write a book.
(c) That he make a movie.
(d) That he speak at more scholarly meetings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities do Americans do that Ernie sees as strange?

2. What information about Jalcocotbn is shared at the beginning of the story?

3. What is the name of the forest where the measles patients are quarantined in Part Three?

4. Where does Henriqueta hide her money when the soldiers come into town?

5. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as being a public place in his village?

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