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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Don promises Caridad he will giver her anything she wants because of the death of what?
(a) Success.
(b) True love.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her heart.

2. What happens at La Loca's funeral?
(a) The cats begin to sing.
(b) All the wild animals gather in the church.
(c) The child rises out of her coffin.
(d) The casket overturns.

3. Who helps Francisco make his first bulto?
(a) A holy spirit.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Sofi.
(d) Caridad.

4. Why hasn't Sofi felt comfortable leaving the house over the previous twenty years?
(a) She has agoraphobia.
(b) She thinks she is disfigured.
(c) La Loca doesn't like being around anyone besides her mother.
(d) She is overweight.

5. How much is the admission fee to Ojo Caliente?
(a) Two hundred pesos.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Admission is free.

6. Where do Helena and Maria finally end up during their driving adventure?
(a) At Maria's grandmother's rancheria.
(b) On a boat in the ocean.
(c) In a big city.
(d) Mexico.

7. How many of her children does Felicia live with?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) None.
(d) One.

8. Why does Felicia rent out her trailer?
(a) She gambled her earnings away.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) Caridad took all the money.
(d) She spends it on accessories.

9. What illness is La Loca diagnosed with in the hospital in Albuquerque?
(a) Depression.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Psychosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

10. Which of Sofi's possessions did Domingo sell?
(a) Her silk sheets.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her silverware.
(d) Her jewelry.

11. What awakens Sofi in the middle of the night in Chapter 1?
(a) Animals howling.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Water boiling.
(d) A thunderstorm.

12. Who won the lottery after Caridad had a numerical vision?
(a) Esperanza.
(b) Sofi.
(c) La Loca.
(d) Don.

13. About how old was Sofi when she met Don Domingo?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Three.

14. Which character is a tarot reader and "pseudo-poet"?
(a) La Loca.
(b) Helena.
(c) Francisco.
(d) Maria.

15. Whose ancestral land is in New Mexico?
(a) Maria's.
(b) Helena's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Felicia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Esperanza offered another job?

2. What happens on Maria and Helena's way to Truchas?

3. Francisco has no religious powers except when?

4. When Domingo returns, what do he and Sofi talk about?

5. Who arranges to have the horse's body delivered to Sofi?

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