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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What starts to fall from the roof outside of Tellez home?
(a) Moon beams.
(b) Branches.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Rocks.

2. What does Antonio do before cutting into a live tree?
(a) He dances around it.
(b) He hugs it.
(c) He pulls all its leaves.
(d) He talks to it.

3. What does Antonio kiss?
(a) Confessional wood.
(b) Father Byrnes hands.
(c) Jesus' feet on a small crucifix.
(d) Rosary beads.

4. What sin did God commit for Florence?
(a) He allowed his mother to drink and his father to die.
(b) He gave him his sisters.
(c) He took his mother and father away when he needed them.
(d) He forced him to endure the children's Indian torture.

5. Who is with Narcisco when he takes his last breath?
(a) Antonio
(b) Andrew
(c) Manuelito
(d) Tenorio

6. What is a scapular?
(a) A kitchen utensil.
(b) A fish that swims upstream with the golden carp.
(c) A small hoe.
(d) A small pouch with the pciture of the Virgin or St. Joseph.

7. Why does Antonio believe God comes in cycles?
(a) God moves like the ocean waves.
(b) God comes and goes at various times in life.
(c) God moves like the moon's orbit.
(d) God can change the seasons.

8. What is the coroner's ruling of Narcisco's death?
(a) Infanticide.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Accidential or self-inflicted.
(d) Homicide.

9. What does Antonio see when he looked at the northern blue skies?
(a) A winged bruja.
(b) Two hawks circling.
(c) Ultima's owl thrashing.
(d) The Virgin's horned moon.

10. What does Antonio wonder after Andrew leaves with his brothers for Santa Fe in Chapter 15?
(a) Andrew was fired from his job at Allen's Market.
(b) The death of Narcisco influenced Andrew's decision.
(c) Andrew broke up with his girlfriend.
(d) Andrew needed money.

11. What is Antonio's duty now that he was a Christian?
(a) To regularly confess his sins.
(b) To attend church every Sunday.
(c) To participate in the Stations of the Cross.
(d) To remind his parents to contribute to the Sunday collection.

12. What question does Antonio have about God?
(a) Will God punish Tenorio?
(b) Will la Virgen de Guadalupe return?
(c) Will God bring his brothers back home?
(d) Will God take Narcisco up to heaven?

13. Where is Tenorio hiding waiting to ambush Narcisco?
(a) Narcisco's garden.
(b) Rosie's house.
(c) School playground.
(d) Town bar.

14. What do the children want Antonio to?
(a) Force him to hear other's confession.
(b) Force him to kiss the small crucifix.
(c) Force him to be the first in the confessional line.
(d) Force him to attend the Stations of the Cross.

15. What happens to Horse during the Stations of the Cross?
(a) He vomits
(b) He hiccups
(c) He screams
(d) He falls asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tenorio rageful and threatening to harm Ultima?

2. What happened to Florence's mother?

3. Why is Tenorio seeking revenge from Ultima in Chapter 14?

4. What does Antonio dream about after visiting Aqua Negra?

5. Why does Tenorio believe Ultima had cursed his dead daughter?

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