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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Section 6 (to page 45).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What trait does Ernie find more important about the rooster than his intelligence?
(a) His feistiness.
(b) His bravery.
(c) His physical strength.
(d) His speed.

3. What did the Spaniards do to some of the Indians when they came to Mexico?
(a) Put them into prison.
(b) Caused them to die of sickness.
(c) Banished them to Arizona and Texas.
(d) Forced them into slave labor.

4. The use of what words in Part One, Section 4 can be seen as adding to the sense of division between men and women?
(a) Brave and scared.
(b) Small and large.
(c) Chicken and buzzard.
(d) Gallo and chicken.

5. What does the Weeping Woman's presence foreshadow?
(a) The birth of a child.
(b) Volcanic erruptions.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foods does Ernie learn to eat like a man?

2. What basic skills do the adults of Jalcocotbn value?

3. What type of fruit is cooked overnight in a hole in the ground?

4. What material were the cottages in the village made of?

5. How do Ernie and his cousins view the rooster?

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