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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ultima teach Antonio about plants in Chapter 4?
(a) Plants have a spirit.
(b) Plants need to be sung to.
(c) Plants grow along the river's edge.
(d) Plants provide food for the owl.

2. What does Antonio question Ultima about the fate of Luptio?
(a) Antonio asks whether or not Lupito will go to hell.
(b) He asks Ultima if she will take him into town for school next autumn.
(c) He asks Ultima if the men in the town will go to jail.
(d) Antonio wonders if he will be able to go to catechism lessons in church after witnessing aman's murder.

3. What is the significance of the chipped plaster on the Virgin's statue?
(a) The chip exposes pure-white plaster representing her freedom from sin.
(b) The chip represents the tears the Virgen shed when she met the Indian boy.
(c) The plaster is sculpted by a priest.
(d) The chip represents the wounds suffered by Lupito.

4. When will Juan bring Antonio back to El Puerto?
(a) After he grows up.
(b) After his catechism class.
(c) After he finishes first grade.
(d) After his first communion.

5. What is special about the homes in El Puerto?
(a) Each faces the river.
(b) Each has an apple orchard.
(c) Each has a driveway.
(d) Each has a small flower garden in the front.

Short Answer Questions

1. What future does Antonio's mother believe an education will provide Antonio?

2. What time of the year do Antonio and Ultima roam the countryside looking for herbs?

3. What does Antonio's mother do before he leaves for his first day of school?

4. Why is Antonio's father angry with his mother after he spends nights drinking with his friends?

5. Why did the Marez family move from the llano to the town of Guadalupe?

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