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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Pedro's family?
(a) He never married.
(b) His wife left him and she took his children.
(c) His wife and children died in a tragic accident.
(d) His wife died and he had no children.

2. What are the contents of the note Miss Maestas sends to Antonio's mother?
(a) Antonio needs to learn English.
(b) Antonio needs to read more books.
(c) Antonio is meeting many new friends.
(d) Antonio is progressing well in school.

3. What answer does Ultima give Antonio when he asks how his father can take communion after witnessing a man's death?
(a) Men of the llano would not take the life of another llano without just cause.
(b) Antonio's father has taken catechism class.
(c) Men of the llano take communion after going to penance.
(d) All Marez men can take communion under any circumstance.

4. Who says, "Every man is delivered of a woman, and must be fulfilled by a woman?"
(a) Jason.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Leon.
(d) Eugene.

5. In Chapter 2, who says to Antonio, "Bless me."
(a) Chavez.
(b) Narciso.
(c) Lupito.
(d) Antonio's father.

6. Why was Antonio's father bitter?
(a) Antonio's father doesn't want Ultima to live with the Marez family.
(b) He wants to purchase more land for his sons to farm.
(c) He wants to go to war with his sons.
(d) His dream is to take his sons and move westward to California.

7. What is the name of the bridge the Marez family passes while journeying to El Puerto in Chapter 5?
(a) El Rito.
(b) Santos Estevan.
(c) Valle de los Lunas.
(d) Campos.

8. What feeling does Tony have after his brothers head toward town in Chapter 8?
(a) Lost.
(b) Angry.
(c) Jubilant.
(d) Curious.

9. Who tells the story of Ultima arriving at the Marez home?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Eugene.
(d) Ultima.

10. Why does Antonio's mother dream of Antonio becoming a priest?
(a) Antonio would eventually enroll in catechism class.
(b) Her Luna kinsman, a priest, was the first man to settle El Puerto colony.
(c) Priests ruled over a community of farmers.
(d) Antonio's mother knew one of his brothers would not become a priest.

11. What does Antonio believe will happen to the men on the bridge?
(a) He believes because they have murdered another man, they will be doomed to hell.
(b) Antonio believes Lupito's family will murder them.
(c) He believes they will drown in the river's water.
(d) Antonio believes they will suffer images of Lupito's death.

12. Which of Antonio's brothers is the oldest?
(a) Leon.
(b) Andrew.
(c) George.
(d) Eugene.

13. What do Ultima and Antonio witness while sitting in the shade of the alamos of the river?
(a) The sky adorned with la Virgen de Guadalupe's horned moon.
(b) The owl carrying Lupito's soul.
(c) The river change colors.
(d) The presence with its secret message.

14. What is the significance of the color black the women wore in Chapter 3?
(a) Black represents the color of mourning for sons lost in the war.
(b) Black represents the particular parish one attended Mass.
(c) Black represents the number of children in your family.
(d) Black represents the day of the week.

15. Why does Narcisco plant his garden by the light of the moon?
(a) He waits until the bad blood of spring washes away.
(b) He waits for the moonlight to sow his seeds.
(c) The sun is too hot during the day.
(d) He waits until the farmers return from llano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fear of the church?

2. What is the worst thing a disobedient child could fear from his/her parents?

3. What is the significant characteristic of Luna blood?

4. Who are the boys who befriend Antonio during the first few months of school?

5. Why does an upset Chavez go to the Marez home?

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