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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Antonio at the end of the school year?
(a) He learns to speak English.
(b) He learns to write in Spanish.
(c) He passes from first to third grade.
(d) He learns to draw using a chief tablet.

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

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

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

6. What supplies does Antonio bring on his first day of school?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Crayons.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Chief tablet.

7. What characteristic does Antonio's father understand about Marez blood?
(a) It grows restless.
(b) It does not clot.
(c) It bleeds red.
(d) It is bound to the land.

8. What color is the spring that touched the river trees in Chapter 8?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Lime green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue grey.

9. What is the relationship between Horse, Abel and Vitamin Kid?
(a) They befriend Antonio.
(b) They wear black when attending Mass on Sundays.
(c) They witness Lupito's murder on the bridge.
(d) They know Antonio's brothers.

10. Which of Antonio's brothers is the oldest?
(a) Leon.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Andrew.
(d) George.

11. What does Antonio tell Miss Maestas the first day of school?
(a) He can read Spanish.
(b) He can't speak English.
(c) He can pray the rosary.
(d) He can tie his shoes.

12. What objects in life did Antonio choose when he was a baby?
(a) Glove and sock.
(b) Pen and paper.
(c) Rosary and hymnal.
(d) Ball and whistle.

13. What does the sun represent?
(a) The Luna men.
(b) The soul of the owl.
(c) The residents of Guadalupe.
(d) The men of llano.

14. 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 number of children in your family.
(d) Black represents the color of mourning for sons lost in the war.

15. Who says, "Every man is delivered of a woman, and must be fulfilled by a woman?"
(a) Andrew.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Leon.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Marez family move from the llano to the town of Guadalupe?

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

3. What did Ultima teach Antonio about the river?

4. What does Antonio question Ultima about the fate of Luptio?

5. What does Antonio believe will happen to the men on the bridge?

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