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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects in life did Antonio choose when he was a baby?
(a) Rosary and hymnal.
(b) Pen and paper.
(c) Ball and whistle.
(d) Glove and sock.

2. Who are the boys who befriend Antonio during the first few months of school?
(a) Jason and Horse.
(b) Vitamin Kid and Horse.
(c) George and Vitamin Kid.
(d) George and Willy.

3. When is the first day of eternity?
(a) When a bird has moved every grain of sand across the ocean.
(b) When the town gets sucked into the water.
(c) When all the brujas are dead.
(d) When the owl has plucked every berry from a juniper tree.

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

5. When Miss Maestas brings Antonio to the front of the classroom, what do the other school children do?
(a) Shout.
(b) Snicker.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Father Byrnes do to Bones?

2. What happens to Antonio the first day of school?

3. What happens to Antonio once he eats one of Narcisco's carrots?

4. What does a wise man do?

5. What is the one thing every fisherman from Guadalupe has not experienced?

(see the answer key)

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