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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the poor women and children make money?
(a) Selling lottery tickets.
(b) Begging.
(c) Selling local fruit.
(d) Selling souvenir trinkets.

2. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?
(a) Put the money in a savings account for Buzz Saw.
(b) Buy notebooks and pencils for when school starts.
(c) Buy some toys for Buzz Saw.
(d) Buy Buzz Saw a new Sunday outfit for church.

3. Who is Ruperta?
(a) The woman Tony Baba loves.
(b) The most beautiful girl in the city's brothel.
(c) The madwoman who digs in garbage cans for food.
(d) Loreto's ancient aunt.

4. What does Senora Davalos de Cocuch give to Chalito's mother?
(a) A fancy funeral for Chalito.
(b) A sympathy note and flowers.
(c) A check for Chalito's coffin.
(d) A gravestone for Chalito.

5. What does one of the travelers, Pedrito Sotolin, do?
(a) He sits down and writes a long letter to his family.
(b) He prays.
(c) He tries to start a fight with the others.
(d) He curses the day he was born.

6. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?
(a) Choro.
(b) Loreto.
(c) Kite.
(d) Tabby.

7. What is a short description of Lorenzo?
(a) A young man seeking wealth and adventure across the border.
(b) An old, ragged Yaqui Indian with no family.
(c) A Yaqui Indian soldier eager to fight.
(d) A poet at heart who falls in love with the desert and moon.

8. Who took Loreto's spot on the street?
(a) A prostitute
(b) A rival car washer
(c) An old beggar woman
(d) Several little kids.

9. What are two characteristics of Don de Cocuch?
(a) He's fat and lazy.
(b) He's coarse and crude.
(c) He's kind and jolly.
(d) He's old and weak.

10. Who does Loreto meet on their way to church in the beginning of the book?
(a) A well-dressed, wealthy couple.
(b) Two American tourists.
(c) A poor chicano couple
(d) A large Mexican family.

11. What did the married couple Loreto met on their way to church do all day long?
(a) They preened their appearance.
(b) They sat on their patio drinking margaritas.
(c) They played checkers.
(d) They took siestas all day long.

12. What do they do to Chalito to try to make him well?
(a) They take him to the doctor.
(b) They sprinkle holy water on him.
(c) They give him cinnamon tea and aspirin and rub his chest with vicks.
(d) They feed him home-made chicken soup.

13. What kind of a man is Vate?
(a) He's a mystical, almost priest-like man.
(b) He's a hard-working, practical man.
(c) He's a sad man.
(d) He's an optimistic, happy man.

14. What is a parida?
(a) A desert snake.
(b) A kind of tortilla.
(c) A glass of soda pop.
(d) A beer and a glass of tequila.

15. What happened to the wealthy man because of the horse he rode?
(a) He pictured himself as a famous general.
(b) He became obsessed with love for the horse.
(c) His back was injured.
(d) He lost control of his bowels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries herself with the elegance of a ballerina?

2. Besides the theme of racism, what other theme is used in the book?

3. How old was Buzz Saw?

4. What sign does Chuco imitate?

5. What does Loreto buy with the money he makes?

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