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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the brothers believe will be the answer to their career dilemma?
(a) Tony.
(b) Ultima.
(c) Serrano.
(d) Prudencio.

2. What does Antonio question after he sees the golden carp?
(a) The power of God fails when Ultima's power prevails.
(b) The golden carp is Lupito.
(c) Cico is the son of the golden carp.
(d) The golden carp is the real God.

3. What answer does Ultima give Antonio when he asks how his father can take communion after witnessing a man's death?
(a) Men of the llano take communion after going to penance.
(b) All Marez men can take communion under any circumstance.
(c) Antonio's father has taken catechism class.
(d) Men of the llano would not take the life of another llano without just cause.

4. Why does Antonio's mother look forward to visiting El Puerto?
(a) She could pray the rosary.
(b) She will be surrounded by her Luna family.
(c) She could see the Virgin's horned moon.
(d) She could collect special herbs.

5. What occupation was Antonio's father before marrying his mother?
(a) Vaquero.
(b) Rancheros.
(c) Tejanos.
(d) Curandera.

6. What are the contents of the note Miss Maestas sends to Antonio's mother?
(a) Antonio is progressing well in school.
(b) Antonio needs to learn English.
(c) Antonio is meeting many new friends.
(d) Antonio needs to read more books.

7. Why is Antonio's father angry with his mother after he spends nights drinking with his friends?
(a) He feels Maria will tell Ultima he witnessed Lupito's death.
(b) He feels Maria will force Antonio to become a priest.
(c) He feels Maria has forced him to stay close to the land.
(d) He feels Maria will force home to go to Mass.

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

9. Why does Narcisco plant his garden by the light of the moon?
(a) The sun is too hot during the day.
(b) He waits until the farmers return from llano.
(c) He waits for the moonlight to sow his seeds.
(d) He waits until the bad blood of spring washes away.

10. Why does Antonio fear Horse will do to him in the playground before Mass?
(a) Antonio fears Horse knows Antonio witnessed Lupito's murder.
(b) Antonio fears Horse will steal his money.
(c) Antonio fears Horse will snitch to his brothers.
(d) Antonio fears Horse will kill him.

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

12. What is the worst thing a disobedient child could fear from his/her parents?
(a) An irrevocable curse.
(b) A spanking.
(c) A timeout.
(d) The silent treatment.

13. When will Juan bring Antonio back to El Puerto?
(a) After his first communion.
(b) After he grows up.
(c) After he finishes first grade.
(d) After his catechism class.

14. What does Antonio believe will happen to the men on the bridge?
(a) Antonio believes they will suffer images of Lupito's death.
(b) He believes because they have murdered another man, they will be doomed to hell.
(c) He believes they will drown in the river's water.
(d) Antonio believes Lupito's family will murder them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Marez family go every autumn?

2. What does Antonio wear on his first day of school?

3. What did Manuelito try to do?

4. What is the fear of the church?

5. What trade or occupation does Antonio's mother's family come from?

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