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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significant feature of Marez blood?
(a) Marez blood bleeds blue, the color of la Virgen de Guadalupe.
(b) Marez blood flows backwards like the River of the Carp.
(c) Marez blood is wild like ocean waves.
(d) Marez blood saturates the earth like a thunderstorm.

2. Who does Antonio's father believe fuels his mother's desire for Antonio becoming a priest?
(a) Prudencio.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Juan.
(d) Ultima.

3. Why does Antonio's mother agree to bring la Grande Ultima into her home?
(a) La grande Ultima helped Antonio's mother raise her family when they lived on the llano.
(b) La Grande Ultima pays to live with the Marez family.
(c) La Grande Ultima is the Marez grandmother.
(d) Antonio's mother was told by villagers she must bring la Grande Ultima into her home.

4. Why does Antonio's mother call him a luna?
(a) She believes he will tend to Ultima's needs.
(b) Antonio's mother wants him to be a farmer.
(c) She considers a luna a restless wanderer.
(d) She believes he will grow up to be a man of the people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio tell Miss Maestas the first day of school?

2. In Chapter 2, who says to Antonio, "Bless me."

3. What objects in life did Antonio choose when he was a baby?

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

5. Why does Antonio's father not like priests?

(see the answer key)

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