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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Antonio the first day of school?
(a) He helps his sisters sort school supplies.
(b) He walks the river with Ultima.
(c) He feels sick.
(d) He helps his mother in the kitchen.

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

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

4. Which brother is considered most like Antonio's mother?
(a) Jason.
(b) Leon.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Eugene.

5. What do Antonio's brothers ignore?
(a) Ultima's owl.
(b) Antonio's friends.
(c) Their father's pleas to move to California.
(d) Their mother's prayers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is the spring that touched the river trees in Chapter 8?

3. Why is the blood of spring called bad blood?

4. Why does an upset Chavez go to the Marez home?

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

(see the answer key)

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