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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of the chipped plaster on the Virgin's statue?
(a) The chip represents the tears the Virgen shed when she met the Indian boy.
(b) The chip represents the wounds suffered by Lupito.
(c) The chip exposes pure-white plaster representing her freedom from sin.
(d) The plaster is sculpted by a priest.

2. Why are Deborah and Theresa happy that Ultima came to live with them?
(a) Deborah and Theresa were going to Mass.
(b) Deborah and Theresa were going to catechism class.
(c) Ultima took the girls into town.
(d) Ultima does many of their household chores.

3. What does Antonio question Ultima about the fate of Luptio?
(a) He asks Ultima if she will take him into town for school next autumn.
(b) He asks Ultima if the men in the town will go to jail.
(c) Antonio asks whether or not Lupito will go to hell.
(d) Antonio wonders if he will be able to go to catechism lessons in church after witnessing aman's murder.

4. What unique feature did the tunas have?
(a) Its sap is tacky and stringy.
(b) Its fuzzy spots made your fingers and tongue itch.
(c) Its leaves leave dye on your hands.
(d) Its thorns leave cuts on your hand.

5. Where doesLupito hide from his pursuers?
(a) In the muddy waters of the river.
(b) Under the state policeman's car.
(c) On the bridge over the river.
(d) He ran to the Marez family home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trade or occupation does Antonio's mother's family come from?

2. What does Antonio's father attempt to do when the crowd of men finally find Lupito?

3. What does the sun represent?

4. What is the significance of the color black the women wore in Chapter 3?

5. Where does the Marez family go every autumn?

(see the answer key)

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