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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the young altar boy told to do quickly before the mass would begin?
(a) Grab the Bible
(b) Comb his hair
(c) Find another altar boy
(d) Light the candles

2. Tosamah returned to ____________ Mountain in order to visit his grandmother's grave.
(a) Rocky
(b) Aspen
(c) Snowy
(d) Rainy

3. Who collapses into Francisco's arms, not even recognizing him as he arrives at the bus station?
(a) Mariano
(b) Abel
(c) Tosamah
(d) Vidal

4. The man who crossed the canyon after four days encountered a man with a body covered in ____________.
(a) Leather
(b) Rubber
(c) Feathers
(d) Scales

5. ____________ recounted an incident in which Abel was almost killed by a tank during the war time.
(a) Francisco
(b) Mariano
(c) Ben
(d) Bowker

6. Francisco and Abel went to the ________ where some old people had already gathered and begun to sing.
(a) Upper
(b) Lower
(c) Basin
(d) Middle

7. To find his grandmother's grave, Tosamah has to walk along the path of the _______________.
(a) Yellowstone
(b) Red Road
(c) Brookstone
(d) Blue River

8. At one point during his 'escape' from the men following him, Abel rolled himself into the ___________ of a truck.
(a) Flatbed
(b) Seat
(c) Trunk
(d) Cab

9. Abel dreams of the time he had gone down to the river with __________ to go shooting.
(a) Mariano
(b) Vidal
(c) Francisco
(d) Ben

10. What does the old man examine when he comes to a stop during his drive of his team of mares?
(a) Box
(b) Car
(c) Tree
(d) Trap

11. Milly decided to come to ____________ when she had the money from her father and from his hard work.
(a) Mexico
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Chicago
(d) Phoenix

12. When Abel is 17, Francisco gets him to go hunting and the first animal he kills is a ______________.
(a) Mule doe
(b) Horse
(c) Rabbit
(d) Snake

13. In the lower meadows of the basin of the Valle Grande, the group of men set about capturing __________.
(a) Bait
(b) Each other
(c) Opposing tribe members
(d) Women

14. With which group did the Kiowa have an alliance for a very long time - more than a hundred years?
(a) Apache
(b) Comanche
(c) Cherokee
(d) Sioux

15. When Abel went to look at the bird he caught, helpless in the sack, he felt bad so he __________ it.
(a) Ate
(b) Freed
(c) Loosened
(d) Suffocated

Short Answer Questions

1. Tosamah's grandmother was ___________ though she had a great appreciation for language and for stories.

2. At age ____________, Milly's father gave her all of his savings in order to get her to live a better life elsewhere.

3. What would Nicolas teah-whau beg for at the side of the road of others who passed?

4. What appeared shortly after Abel began to sin and call out during his time at the small house?

5. Tosamah's grandmother's grave lays at the ________ of the Rainy Mountain.

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