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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. What animals does Catarino bring back home with him from work in Part Two, Section 1?
(a) A mule and dog.
(b) A horse and mule.
(c) A donkey and dog.
(d) A rooster and hen.

2. How high are the sidewalks where Ernie lives in the Mazatlan?
(a) There are no sidewalks where Ernie lives.
(b) Six inches high.
(c) A foot high.
(d) Six or seven feet above the street.

3. What part of Ernie's is sore from the long horse ride to Tepic?
(a) His groin.
(b) His head.
(c) His back.
(d) His rear.

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

5. 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 make them breakfast.
(b) They are to come out and cheer for them.
(c) They are to pay them their taxes.
(d) They are to do whatever they ask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josy call the guerrilla soldiers that live in the mountains?

2. Why does Henriqueta give Ernie an emulsion called Wampole?

3. Between what ages do young men in Jalco ask for a girl's hand in marriage?

4. Who shoots at Josy as he leaves his job building stone markers?

5. Which of the following roles do Americans not have in the barrio?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the residents of Leandro Valle like?

3. What is Ernie and Henriqueta's short experience in Tucson like?

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

5. How does Ernie describe the Devil's Backbone?

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

7. What presence do Americans have in the barrio?

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

9. What does Ernie see as they approach Tepic?

10. What happens when the soldiers come to Jalco?

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