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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. On what did Rufina and Rafa place bets after the Explorer moved in?
(a) How much better the food will be.
(b) Who will be the better performer.
(c) Whether or not they will be kicked out of their home.
(d) How long the Explorer will stay and how significant he will be in their lives.

2. What is the punishment by Rosalinda for Rafa's behavior in his memory in "Saturday," Chapter Six?
(a) Rosalinda did not punish him.
(b) Rosalinda made him spend a night in jail.
(c) Rosalinda caught him, she punished him by tying him to a tree for the rest of the day and allowed the Explorer and Rufina to humiliate him.
(d) Rosalinda hugged him.

3. Who provided the Explorer with his first drinks?
(a) College buddies.
(b) No one, because he does not drink.
(c) Rosalinda.
(d) His mother would let him sip from her cup of alcohol.

4. How does "Saturday," Chapter Three begin?
(a) With the angel buying cigarettes.
(b) With the angel observing the goings on in the town square, focusing in on Rafa and Rufina.
(c) With Rafa reading shadows.
(d) With Officer Armijo surveying the scene.

5. On "Saturday," Chapter One, what is one thing that does NOT bother Rufina?
(a) There are not enough tourists in the plaza.
(b) The angel refuses to help her.
(c) Her plan for saving her brother may not work.
(d) Her mother is dead but will not leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rufina’s anxiety increases she does her usual reasoning with her panic. What is that?

2. After how much time did the Explorer move into Rosalinda’s bed?

3. What was the Explorer's secret?

4. On Saturday, while drunk, Rufina climbs in where?

5. Why did a young teen beat up Rafa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader about the flute deity?

2. In "Saturday," Chapter Two, on what do the siblings focus while they are performing in the town square?

3. What does Rufina do to calm down her anxiety on Saturday?

4. What is the ride home like for the siblings in Lucio Armijo’s squad car?

5. What does Rufina accuse the angel of pretending to be? How does the reader know she is correct?

6. What happens to the money and crystal in the siblings’ basket on Saturday?

7. What is the experience of the couple that are on holiday on Saturday?

8. How does the Kid Thief act when spotted by Rafa and caught by Officer Armijo?

9. What does Officer Armijo do with the Kid Thief after he drops the siblings off at their home?

10. Who are the Sotos?

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