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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ernie when his mother returns home at night from helping attend to a sick person?
(a) At the well.
(b) Hiding under his bed.
(c) Playing outside in the dark.
(d) Sitting at the dinner table.

2. Where do the children play bullfight?
(a) In the corrals.
(b) In the plaza.
(c) By the river.
(d) In the pasture.

3. How old is the landlady's helper in Tepic?
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 1 year younger than Ernie.
(c) 2 or 3 years older than Ernie.
(d) 14 years old.

4. Why does Ernie think that people are worried about safety in Tepic?
(a) Because of the presense of drug lords.
(b) Because of the visible presence of the military throughout the city.
(c) Because the city has a history of civil war.
(d) Because of all the gang related violence.

5. What does Ernie call the men who stand outside stores yelling their slogans?
(a) Street criers.
(b) Yellers.
(c) Salesmen.
(d) Zagubn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the most dangerous part of the family's journey to Tepic?

3. What grade is Ernie in when he starts school in Mazatlan?

4. What example does Ernie give that shows there are safety concerns in Tepic?

5. What is tied between the horns of the steer skull when the boys play bullfights?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Josy and Gustavo leave Jalco in Part One, Section 9?

2. What role does the forest play to the residents of Jalco?

3. What are the haciendas and Ernie's opinion of them?

4. What is the family's plan to leave Tepic?

5. What are the various jobs help by Ernie's family while in Tepic?

6. What two things interrupt the train's travels to Tucson?

7. What happens to the Galarzas as they arrive in the U.S.?

8. What is Ernie's meeting with Juan-Chon like in Part Three?

9. What are the circumstances surrounding Nerun's death?

10. What happens to Ernie's tooth in Mazatlan?

(see the answer keys)

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