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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ultima in Antonio's dream in Chapter 13?
(a) She leaves for the llano.
(b) She flies away with the owl.
(c) She dies.
(d) She turns into a carp.

2. Why does a state policeman bring Eugene and Leon home?
(a) Their car caught fire.
(b) They fell in a ditch.
(c) They couldn't walk on the ice.
(d) Their bus broke down.

3. What does Antonio kiss?
(a) Father Byrnes hands.
(b) Confessional wood.
(c) Rosary beads.
(d) Jesus' feet on a small crucifix.

4. What does Ultima understand to be Antonio's dilemma in Chapter 4?
(a) Antonio must decides whether to be his father's son or his mother's priest.
(b) Antonio must leave Guadalupe and venture west to California.
(c) Antonio must tell a priest he witnessed a murder.
(d) Antonio must leave for war and join his brothers.

5. What happens when someone tampers with the fate of a man?
(a) It sets off a series of events which no one has control.
(b) It sets off a curse which ends with death.
(c) One turns into a brujas.
(d) One will transform into a carp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ultima teach Antonio about the river?

2. What is the name of the bridge the Marez family passes while journeying to El Puerto in Chapter 5?

3. What does the sun represent?

4. Who says "where there is no acknowledgment of guilt and penance done for wrong, there can be no forgiveness?"

5. Who says, "the blood of a man thickens with the desire for revenge."?

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