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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unique feature did the tunas have?
(a) Its fuzzy spots made your fingers and tongue itch.
(b) Its leaves leave dye on your hands.
(c) Its sap is tacky and stringy.
(d) Its thorns leave cuts on your hand.

2. What is the significance of the color black the women wore in Chapter 3?
(a) Black represents the color of mourning for sons lost in the war.
(b) Black represents the number of children in your family.
(c) Black represents the particular parish one attended Mass.
(d) Black represents the day of the week.

3. Where does the Marez family go every autumn?
(a) El Puerto, where their mother's family lived.
(b) Guadalupe, to sell their produce at market.
(c) Mexico, to visit their grandparents.
(d) They visit Jason's family, bringing alfalfa and herbs

4. Who comforts Antonio when he awakes from his dream of his mother crying for the return of her sons.
(a) Deborah.
(b) Antonio's mother.
(c) Ultima.
(d) Antonio's father.

5. What plant provides the greatest magical power?
(a) Osha cures coughs and colds.
(b) Oregano reduces high fever.
(c) Cactus seeds eliminate bad breath.
(d) Yerba del manso heals burns, sores and bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ultima teach Antonio about plants in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Antonio's mother dream of Antonio becoming a priest?

3. What is the significant feature of Marez blood?

4. Why does Antonio's mother agree to bring la Grande Ultima into her home?

5. What does the Marez family do at the end of supper?

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