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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the two men who meet at the end of the book worked at together?
(a) Picking cotton.
(b) Harvesting grapes.
(c) Digging ditches.
(d) Picking cantaloupes.

2. What does the name, Ramagacha, mean?
(a) Howling dog.
(b) Bent Branch.
(c) Full moon.
(d) Crooked Road.

3. Who talks seductively to Malquerida giving her temporary encouragement?
(a) Jose, a young soldier.
(b) Valente, the Vaseline Man.
(c) Geraldo, a street singer.
(d) Pedro, a traveling salesman.

4. What does Tony Baba's grandmother do when a strike is organized against her?
(a) She holds up the workers' salaries.
(b) She fires her workers.
(c) She decides to go out to dinner to chill out.
(d) She closes her business permanently.

5. What two hobbies did Tony Baba's wife have?
(a) Talking on the phone and collecting money.
(b) Knitting and sewing.
(c) Cooking and baking.
(d) Reading and playing the piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wife of the owner of the superbrothel known as "The Little Pill"?

2. Describe Loreto's pants and what happens to him because of them?

3. Who is stabbed to death in the place by the river with the make-shift houses?

4. Who was Kite?

5. At the end of what month does Loreto die?

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