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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jalco children learn by having others who are not their parents discipline them?

2. Who collects unbaptized children and carries them off?

3. What is aguardiente according to Ernie?

4. According to the author, who originally settled this mountain village?

5. Where was Dosa Henriqueta married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the government and religious institutions like in Jalco?

2. What is music in Jalco like and used for?

3. What is the connection between the words Gallo and chicken and men and women?

4. What is the layout of the village of Jalco?

5. What does Coronel's protection of the hens reinforce for Ernie?

6. How is a child of 6 or older raised in Jalco?

7. How does Ernie describe the various animals in Part One, Section 3?

8. How did Jalco come to exists?

9. Describe Don Cleofas.

10. How is Jalcocotbn described in Part One, Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain what narrative mode is and the four main types of narrative mode we touched on. Which narrative mode is used in Barrio Boy and do you think that this narrative mode was the best for the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Please identify what conflict in a literature is and define the five types of conflict we touched on in class. What is the primary type of conflict found in Barrio Boy?

Essay Topic 3

Please describe the gender roles that exist in Jalco. Pull one example from the text that you think is a good example of the gender roles in Jalco and explain why you think this is an accurate portrayal or picture of the gender roles.

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