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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Balthazar at the end of the story?
(a) At church.
(b) In the bar.
(c) At home.
(d) In the street.

2. Where did Onésimo Sánchez go to university?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of Santiago.
(c) Göttingen.
(d) Yale.

3. What is Blacamán exhibiting at the beginning of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles"?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) An antivenom.
(c) A sword.
(d) A time machine.

4. What causes the ghost ship to disappear in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship"?
(a) Light from the lighthouse.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Catarino's shouting.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

5. How much money is the thief reported to have taken in "There Are No Thieves"?
(a) Six hundred pesos.
(b) Three hundred pesos.
(c) Two hunded pesos.
(d) Four hundred pesos.

6. What is the antivenom made of in "Blacamán"?
(a) Rose water.
(b) Rhubarb and turpentine.
(c) Snake venom.
(d) Vegetable oil.

7. What language does Ulises's mother speak?
(a) Guajiro.
(b) English.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Mayan.

8. What color is the grandmother's blood in "Innocent Eréndira"?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

9. At what age did the protagonist of "Montiel's Widow" marry José Montiel?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

10. To whom does Father Anthony Isabel give the offering?
(a) The birds.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) The devil.
(d) The traveling boy.

11. In "A Very Old Man," what does the spider woman eat?
(a) Meatballs.
(b) Insects.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Vegetables.

12. Who runs the bar in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Catarino.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Pelayo.

13. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?
(a) Goats.
(b) Roaches.
(c) Alligators.
(d) Crabs.

14. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?
(a) Houdini.
(b) Blacamán the Bad.
(c) Lazarus.
(d) Pelayo.

15. Who travels with Eréndira and her grandmother?
(a) A priest.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What miracle will the narrator of "Blacamán" not perform for his audiences?

2. As the women imagine in "The Handsomest Drowned Man," what emotion is on the corpse's face?

3. Which character in "The Sea of Lost Time" wants to be buried alive?

4. What does Big Mama do immediately before dying?

5. What is the name of the priest in "A Very Old Man"?

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