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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Tony have after his brothers head toward town in Chapter 8?
(a) Lost.
(b) Curious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jubilant.

2. What happens to Antonio the first day of school?
(a) He feels sick.
(b) He helps his sisters sort school supplies.
(c) He walks the river with Ultima.
(d) He helps his mother in the kitchen.

3. What is the significant characteristic of Luna blood?
(a) Luna blood does not clot because no plant could take root.
(b) Luna blood runs thick so that plants can take root in the earth.
(c) Luna blood seeps into the earth under the magical sky with a million stars.
(d) Luna blood is quiet so that it can listen to the secrets of the earth necessary for planting.

4. When Miss Maestas brings Antonio to the front of the classroom, what do the other school children do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Shout.
(c) Snicker.
(d) Laugh.

5. What are Antonio's brothers doing in town?
(a) Working in a factory.
(b) Getting into trouble.
(c) Selling cattle.
(d) Going to school.

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

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

8. Which of Antonio's brothers decides to stay with the Marez family?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Leon.
(d) Eugene.

9. What does the Marez family do at the end of supper?
(a) Go to Guadalupe to attend Mass.
(b) Harvest alfalfa to feed the rabbits.
(c) Read books.
(d) Pray the rosary.

10. What happens to Antonio once he eats one of Narcisco's carrots?
(a) He spins and falls down.
(b) He vomits.
(c) He screams.
(d) He falls asleep.

11. What is the one thing every fisherman from Guadalupe has not experienced?
(a) Experiencing the healing power of Ultima.
(b) Being cursed by the Trementina daughters.
(c) Witnessing the dancing witches.
(d) Seeing the golden carp.

12. What does Ultima understand to be Antonio's dilemma in Chapter 4?
(a) Antonio must decides whether to be his father's son or his mother's priest.
(b) Antonio must tell a priest he witnessed a murder.
(c) Antonio must leave Guadalupe and venture west to California.
(d) Antonio must leave for war and join his brothers.

13. Who gave Ultima her powers?
(a) Manuelito.
(b) El Hombre Volador.
(c) Las Pasturas.
(d) Prudencio.

14. What will happen to the villagers of Guadalupe if they continue to sin?
(a) The land will sink into the water.
(b) Narcisco's garden will die.
(c) The golden carp will die.
(d) Curandera will curse the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antonio see in his dream in Chapter 2?

2. Where does the Marez family go every autumn?

3. How does Horse gain his nickname?

4. What is the one thing Antonio's father and Ultima shared between themselves?

5. What does Antonio's father give each brother upon their arrival home?

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