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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Narciso later say he lost the body part in #92?
(a) A surgical mistake.
(b) It was diseased.
(c) In battle.
(d) A congenital disease.

2. What does Celaya tell her father that she wants to do?
(a) Go to college in the East.
(b) Become a doctor.
(c) Get married right away.
(d) Go out on her own before marrying.

3. How does the Grandmother try to edge her way back into Inocencio's life?
(a) Paying his health insurance.
(b) Giving him the down payment for the house.
(c) Making rebozos for his wife and daughter.
(d) Paying for Celaya's braces.

4. Why does Soledad want her baby to be a boy?
(a) So Narciso will be pleased with her.
(b) So she can love him the way the Virgin Mary loved Jesus.
(c) So that she can raise a good man for the world.
(d) So he won't have the pain a woman has in life.

5. What does Celaya realize that she knows nothing about?
(a) Driving a car.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Applying for college.
(d) Being a female.

6. One of Inocencio's friends convinces the Grandmother and Inocencio that _______________ is the place to be.
(a) Miami.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Antionio.
(d) San Diego.

7. Soledad's child was not happy unless he _______________.
(a) was eating.
(b) was sad.
(c) was playing ball.
(d) was swimming.

8. What similarity do Soledad and her daughter share regarding marriage?
(a) They both married men named Miguel.
(b) They both married in the same church.
(c) They were both "stolen" away.
(d) They both wore the same dress.

9. What is the name of Soledad's child?
(a) Diego.
(b) Enrique.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Inocencio.

10. Where did Narciso live during the Mexican revolution?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Mexico City.

11. Why does Eleuterio not approve of the relationship Narciso has with a girl in the city in #94?
(a) She has a child.
(b) She was married before.
(c) She is half black.
(d) She is too young.

12. To what city does Viva want to move and take Celaya with her?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Portland.
(d) San Francisco.

13. What does the ghost of the person in #166 want Celaya to do?
(a) Run away from home.
(b) Write her story.
(c) Get married.
(d) Get an education.

14. What illness befalls the Grandmother?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Diabetes.

15. Whose ghost does Celaya see when she visits her father?
(a) Eduardo's.
(b) The Grandmother's.
(c) The little Grandfather's.
(d) Regina's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inocencio's wife do when she learns about the purchase in #138?

2. What illness besets Inocencio?

3. How did Zoila consider killing the Grandmother?

4. Why does the Awful Grandmother tell Celaya she needs injections?

5. How many years did the Mexican revolution last?

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