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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Antonio fear about walking along the river in Chapter 3?
(a) Antonio feara the river's water would wash the village away.
(b) Antonio fears Luptio's killers would attack him.
(c) Antonio feara he would drown if he walked the river's edge.
(d) Antonio fears Lupito's soul flow listless on the river bottom.

3. What happens to the river's water in Chapter 2?
(a) It churns a murkey brown color.
(b) It matchs the blue night sky.
(c) It is stained with red after Lupito's death.
(d) The water runs backwards.

4. Whose voice does Antonio wake to in Chapter 5?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Ultima.
(c) Antonio's mother.
(d) Pedro.

5. Why was Antonio's father bitter?
(a) He wants to go to war with his sons.
(b) His dream is to take his sons and move westward to California.
(c) He wants to purchase more land for his sons to farm.
(d) Antonio's father doesn't want Ultima to live with the Marez family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supplies does Antonio bring on his first day of school?

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

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

4. Why does the Marez family refer to Ultima as la Grande?

5. Where doesLupito hide from his pursuers?

(see the answer key)

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