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

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

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

4. What was Manuel also called?
(a) Batepi.
(b) Poncho Gonzalez.
(c) The Grim Reaper.
(d) Papa grande.

5. How did Loreto walk?
(a) He walked with difficulty and aching legs.
(b) He almost skipped along.
(c) He walked very straight with good posture.
(d) He walked with quick, short steps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the distinguishing factor about the Babas' bathroom?

2. What does Lencho's wife want him to do with the money his sons had given him for Buzz Saw's birthday?

3. Who organizes a strike against Tony Baba's grandmother?

4. What did the married couple Loreto met on their way to church do all day long?

5. How many children does Lencho have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Chalito and why is he a tragic character?

2. How many years does Loreto survive Frankie and where do they find his dead body?

3. How does Flaminio Jarandas make his money as a lawyer?

4. Describe Tony Baba.

5. What happened to Cuamea's father and how does that affect Cuamea?

6. What is Manuel's other name and what happens to him in the desert?

7. Describe Rudolph H Smith.

8. Who is Elpidio?

9. Who is Vate?

10. Describe Loreto and what he does to make money.

(see the answer keys)

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