1. Why does Antonio's mother dream of Antonio becoming a priest?
(a) Her Luna kinsman, a priest, was the first man to settle El Puerto colony.
(b) Antonio's mother knew one of his brothers would not become a priest.
(c) Antonio would eventually enroll in catechism class.
(d) Priests ruled over a community of farmers.

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 the men in the town will go to jail.
(c) Antonio wonders if he will be able to go to catechism lessons in church after witnessing aman's murder.
(d) He asks Ultima if she will take him into town for school next autumn.

3. What do Ultima and Antonio witness while sitting in the shade of the alamos of the river?
(a) The sky adorned with la Virgen de Guadalupe's horned moon.
(b) The owl carrying Lupito's soul.
(c) The river change colors.
(d) The presence with its secret message.

4. What happens when someone tampers with the fate of a man?
(a) One will transform into a carp.
(b) It sets off a series of events which no one has control.
(c) It sets off a curse which ends with death.
(d) One turns into a brujas.

5. Why do old people refuse to let their children speak English?
(a) They couldn't understand what their children were saying.
(b) The slang was too difficult to understand.
(c) They don't accept the new language.
(d) They were not educated.