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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ceremony the priest participated in, in the altar?
(a) Changing the bread and wine into flesh and blood.
(b) Distributing communion hosts to altar boys.
(c) Hearing confessions.
(d) Reading the Easter prayers.

2. In his dream, what does God tell Antonio about forgiveness?
(a) God chooses who will be punished.
(b) God forgives only the good.
(c) God forgives all no matter one's personal whims.
(d) God strikes the wicked.

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

4. What happened to Florence's mother?
(a) She married another man.
(b) She left town.
(c) She drank too much whiskey.
(d) She died when he was three.

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

6. Who is the man who saw la Virgen de Guadalupe?
(a) Cico.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Diego.
(d) Horse.

7. What does Antonio do after Florence confessed his sin?
(a) Punish him through Indian torture.
(b) Absolve him from his sin.
(c) Force him to wear the priestly costume.
(d) Punish him by making him run laps.

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

9. What gives a person understanding?
(a) Holy Trinity.
(b) Life.
(c) Golden Carp.
(d) God.

10. What does Antonio dream about after visiting Aqua Negra?
(a) His three brothers.
(b) The golden carp.
(c) Ultima.
(d) Tellez.

11. What did Father Byrnes do to Bones?
(a) Made him clean the rectory.
(b) Slapped his palms with a flatboard.
(c) Made him kneel on the splintered pew.
(d) Mde him stand with his arms outspread.

12. What does the priest do when Tenorio arrives with his daughter's funeral procession?
(a) Offer a holy scapular.
(b) Make a sign of the cross.
(c) Unlock the campo santo.
(d) Bar the entrance.

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

14. What are the school children told to do with the Host?
(a) Chew it like gum.
(b) Blow bubbles.
(c) Swallow it immediately.
(d) Swallow in one gulp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antonio's mother guard Ultima from those looking for her help?

2. What does Antonio tell Tenorio will happen if he harms Ultima?

3. What happens to Horse during the Stations of the Cross?

4. What does Cico tell Tony he must do for himself?

5. Why do old people refuse to let their children speak English?

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