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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 109 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Damiana originally know Juan?
(a) She is his real mother.
(b) She is his girlfriend.
(c) She takes care of him when he is a baby.
(d) She is his mother's best friend.

2. What is unusual about the man and woman that Juan meets in the ramshackle house?
(a) They can't speak.
(b) They have horrible facial scars.
(c) They are naked.
(d) They are identical twins.

3. What is the last thing that Juan sees before he dies?
(a) His father.
(b) Miguel's horse.
(c) Foamy clouds swirling above his head.
(d) An angel.

4. Why does Susana want Justina to leave?
(a) Because Justina is praying.
(b) Because don Pedro wants Justina to leave.
(c) Because Susana is afraid of her.
(d) Because Justina is crying.

5. When Juan awakes, where does the woman say that Donis goes?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To go to a fiesta.
(c) To go to mass.
(d) To find a lost calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Rentería suggest that María Dyada try to get redemption for her sister?

2. Why does Eduviges feel she must take care of Juan?

3. What does the old woman get from under the bed while Donis and his sister are out of the house?

4. Why does the priest hate Miguel?

5. What makes Ana believe it is Miguel Páramo who rapes her?

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