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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 25 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Eduviges feel she must take care of Juan?
(a) Because she was friends with his mother.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Because his mother told him he would be coming.
(d) Because he should have been her son.

3. Why does Juan Preciado come to Comala?
(a) To purchase land.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To bury his mother.
(d) To find his father.

4. Where does Dolores' sister live?
(a) The Media Luna ranch.
(b) Colima.
(c) Next to Eduviges in Comala.
(d) Contla.

5. Who sleeps next to Pedro on his wedding night?
(a) Damiana Cisneros.
(b) Eduviges.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Susana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official charge against Toribio Aldrete?

2. When Fulgor Sedano visits don Pedro for the second time, how many black bows are hanging on his door?

3. What does the boy's mother say happens to him if he stays too long in the privy?

4. What does the boy's mother want him to buy for her?

5. Where is Juan planning on staying while in Comala?

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