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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the desert poetically referred to as?
(a) A blank canvas and a grave.
(b) A kind of heaven.
(c) An ocean of sand.
(d) A land of delights and mysteries.

2. What is Vate afraid of?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Being abandoned by his friend.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Dying of thirst.

3. What was the air like in the first scene of the book?
(a) Dirty, hazy and smoky.
(b) Clear and bright.
(c) Filled with flying insects.
(d) Perfumed by the flower stands in the street.

4. What was Buzz Saw's real name?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Amadito.
(d) Jose.

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

6. At what time does Chalito utter his last word?
(a) At four o'clock in the morning after the party.
(b) At five on the dot the morning after the party.
(c) At 2 on the dot the morning after the party.
(d) At three on the dot the morning after the party.

7. Where does the narrator run into Chuco ten years later?
(a) in Aztlan, in downtown Los Angeles.
(b) in San Diego at a cafe.
(c) in Nogales where he is selling tourist souvenirs.
(d) in Phoenix at a news .stand.

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

9. 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 some toys for Buzz Saw.
(c) Buy Buzz Saw a new Sunday outfit for church.
(d) Buy notebooks and pencils for when school starts.

10. What is a parida, the first drink Lencho buys at a bar?
(a) A glass of the local wine.
(b) A glass of vodka.
(c) A glass of whiskey.
(d) A beer and a glass of tequila.

11. How does an old woman named Candelita finally sell her lottery tickets?
(a) By putting a ball under her dress as if she were a hunchback.
(b) By telling fortunes along with selling the tickets.
(c) By selling home-made cookies with them.
(d) By crying and telling her life story.

12. What does Loreto buy with the money he makes?
(a) He buys a buritto for twenty cents.
(b) He buys some ice cream for thirty cents.
(c) He buys a taco for fifteen cents.
(d) He buys a beer for a quarter.

13. Who is Moroyoqui?
(a) He was a little runt who joined them because of his hunger.
(b) He was Loreto's nephew.
(c) Jes's of Bethlehem's younger brother.
(d) He was a good friend of Vate's.

14. What is Bethlehem, one of eight Yaqui towns, also called?
(a) Belendo.
(b) Belen.
(c) Beneda.
(d) Loredo.

15. How many children does Lencho have?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malquerida do to the man who wants to become her pimp and tempts her?

2. What does one of the travelers, Pedrito Sotolin, do?

3. What is a short description of Lorenzo?

4. What does Senora Davalos de Cocuch give to Chalito's mother?

5. Who is Chuco?

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