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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trade or occupation does Antonio's mother's family come from?
(a) Farming.
(b) Rancher.
(c) Farrier.
(d) Plantation owner.

2. Who does Antonio's father believe fuels his mother's desire for Antonio becoming a priest?
(a) Prudencio.
(b) Ultima.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Juan.

3. What does Antonio's father give each brother upon their arrival home?
(a) Plate of food.
(b) Abrazo.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rosary.

4. What did Manuelito try to do?
(a) Clear cottonwood brush from the river bend.
(b) Throw a fireball into the witches' dance.
(c) Follow the stray cows to the evil place.
(d) Warn Lucas to stay away from the evil place .

5. What name does Pedro call Antonio?
(a) Tony.
(b) Antone.
(c) Tone.
(d) Tonio.

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

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

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

9. Why does the owl cry out in alarm in Chapter 7?
(a) To warn Antonio his dream was over.
(b) To warn of Lupito's ghost.
(c) To warn that Antonio's brothers were arriving home.
(d) To announce the end of the war.

10. Why was Antonio's father bitter?
(a) His dream is to take his sons and move westward to California.
(b) Antonio's father doesn't want Ultima to live with the Marez family.
(c) He wants to purchase more land for his sons to farm.
(d) He wants to go to war with his sons.

11. What is the relationship between the owl and la Virgen de Guadalupe?
(a) Antonio dreams the owl lifts la Virgen de Guadalupe to fly her to heaven.
(b) The owl takes all of la Virgen de Guadalupe babies up to heaven.
(c) The owl represents Ultima's sorcery over la Virgen de Guadalupe.
(d) La Virgen de Guadalupe will destroy the owl.

12. What gesture does Tony make as his brothers tease him?
(a) Hand to his mouth.
(b) Peace sign.
(c) Upwards arrow.
(d) Sign of the cross.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ultima teach Antonio about the river?

2. What is Antonio driven to accomplish at school?

3. Antonio lives at home with his parents and two sisters. Where are his three brothers?

4. What answer does Ultima give Antonio when he asks how his father can take communion after witnessing a man's death?

5. What future does Antonio's mother believe an education will provide Antonio?

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