View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest do when Tenorio arrives with his daughter's funeral procession?
(a) Make a sign of the cross.
(b) Unlock the campo santo.
(c) Bar the entrance.
(d) Offer a holy scapular.

2. What does Eugene tell his father he did not want to do?
(a) Work on the highway crew.
(b) Pray the rosary.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Work on the llano.

3. What is the test to determine if someone was a witch?
(a) Catch Ultima's owl.
(b) Hang a whiskey bottle upside down from a tree and walk underneath.
(c) Walk through a door marked by blessed needles in the form of a cross.
(d) Burn incense for 72 hours.

4. What lesson do the Trementina daughters learn from the death of their sister?
(a) Evil begets evil; good begets good.
(b) No one can overcome a curse by a la curandera.
(c) Never tempt a brujas.
(d) They had tampered with the fate of a man and experienced the consequences.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio's father attempt to do when the crowd of men finally find Lupito?

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

3. What characteristic does Antonio's father understand about Marez blood?

4. Why does Narcisco plant his garden by the light of the moon?

5. Which brother suffers from war sickness?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 340 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample