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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. Describe Chalito's coffin.
(a) It's white with a gold cross painted on it.
(b) It's blue with white wings.
(c) It's pale blue with angels painted on it.
(d) It's a pine box lined with fir branches.

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

3. What is one of the main character traits of Loreto?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Pride.
(d) Prejudice.

4. How does Loreto earn money?
(a) He sells vegetables at the side of the road.
(b) He sells tourist items.
(c) He is a panhandler.
(d) He washes cars.

5. Where does the narrator go and what work is he seeking?
(a) He goes to Phoenix to work in construction.
(b) He goes back to Mexico to work on a farm.
(c) He goes to California to become a panhandler.
(d) He goes to Tucson to become a waiter in a Mexican restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men seeking work in the U.S. are rounded up in Tucson and put in lockup?

2. The reader is told the sad story of how a young woman is lured into prostitution by whom?

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

4. What did the Babas talk about together?

5. After a brawl what does Lencho use to wrap what he bought at the supermarket which had been scattered around the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the woman Cuamea marries.

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

3. How many of the revolution troops are captured and what happens to them?

4. Describe Kite and tell why the children chase him.

5. Describe Loreto's childhood friend, Little Jes's of Bethlehem.

6. Who is Frankie Perez and what finally happens to him?

7. Who is Dona Reginalda?

8. Who is Lorenzo?

9. What happens to Chayo Cuamea's eldest son, Chayito, and whose godson is he?

10. Who does Loreto run into in the first scene in the book?

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