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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. Who is sitting on the couch listening to the confrontation between mother and daughter on Friday?

2. What does Rafa do to the male tourist, when no one is looking, on Friday?

3. The angel climbs through Rufina’s window and imagines Rufina how?

4. Rufina dreams about the Grandmothers to All who look more like who or what than old ladies?

5. When the Explorer found out Rosalinda and her children had walked to town, what did he offer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the mother react to Rafa's attention-seeking cigarette runs?

2. Why is Rufina concerned that the angel has arrived in "Friday," Chapter Seven?

3. What is the difference between the relationships Rosalinda has with her two children?

4. Describe the angel.

5. How are the Original Enduring Ones described?

6. What do we know about the relationship between Officer Armijo and Rufina, based on the the "Friday" section of the book?

7. What does the reader know about the Explorer, based on the "Friday" section of the book?

8. How do Rufina and Rafa treat their mother, upon returning to their home in "Friday," Chapter Six?

9. What does Rafa want to do in "Friday," Chapter Nine?

10. When does the narrator say the angel will return, in "Friday," Chapter Ten? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rafa’s birth saves Rosalinda. How does this affect their relationship? How does their relationship keep Rafa from finding romantic love? What might be the correlation between this and the bath incident after Rosalinda’s abortion? How does her inappropriate behavior with her son mimic that of the relationship between the Explorer and Rufina?

Essay Topic 2

The angel is a celestial being, yet she is very sympathetic to grief, particularly the grief of Rufina and Rafa. Why might she be this way? What is her special connection with these siblings? How does this affect her actions in the story?

Essay Topic 3

The Explorer used the two children, Rufina and Rafa, as street performers to get money from the tourists. What else is learned about the Explorer? What is his role in this story? How has his presence in this family affected them? Would the family have been better off is he had never come along? Why or why not?

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