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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are curanderas, such as Ultima, feared by the village residents?
(a) Ultima's healing powers are believed to be works of witchacraft.
(b) Ultima places a curse on the village crops.
(c) Village residents do not know what town Ultima came from.
(d) Ultima is descended from a family of witches.

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

4. What is the fear of the church?
(a) The faithful would not pray the rosary.
(b) The moon would not pass from east to west.
(c) The faithful would idol the golden carp.
(d) Faith would be placed in the powers of la curandera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Antonio's dream in Chapter 7, what do his brothers see in their travels both east and west?

2. What happens to Antonio at the end of the school year?

3. When will Juan bring Antonio back to El Puerto?

4. What does Antonio's mother do before he leaves for his first day of school?

5. What are the contents of the note Miss Maestas sends to Antonio's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Antonio's parents decide in Chapter 22 that Antonio would be doing the rest of the summer?

2. Describe the relationship between Antonio's mother (Maria) and father (Gabriel).

3. What is the significance of black and white colors on Antonio's First Communion?

4. Why are the Marez brothers anxious to leave their family?

5. What is special about the arrival of Ultima into the Marez home?

6. What did Narcisco do when he realized he would not be able to get to the Marez home to warn Ultima of Tenorio's revenge?

7. What are some of the questions Antonio is unsure of as he rides in Uncle Pedro's truck?

8. Describe the tale of the golden carp.

9. What questions of good and evil does Antonio wrestle with in Chapter 16?

10. What troubles Antonio once he awakes from his fever?

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