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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Damaso hit?
(a) Ana.
(b) The prostitute.
(c) Roque.
(d) The traveling salesman.

2. Who wants to buy the bird cage?
(a) Big Mama.
(b) Dr. Octavio Giraldo.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Aurelio Escovar.

3. What is in Mina's wooden trunk?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Letters.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Roses.

4. What does Big Mama do immediately before dying?
(a) She curses.
(b) She sighs.
(c) She burps.
(d) She gasps.

5. Which character wants a fake ID in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?
(a) Big Mama.
(b) Nelson Farina.
(c) Laura Farina.
(d) Nicanor.

6. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," what is the drowned man's weight compared to?
(a) A tree.
(b) A truck.
(c) A whale.
(d) A horse.

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

8. How much admission do Pelayo and Elisenda charge to see the old man?
(a) One gold piece.
(b) One peso.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Thirty pesos.

9. What miracle will the narrator of "Blacamán" not perform for his audiences?
(a) Making the lame walk.
(b) Making the blind see.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Healing migraines.

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

11. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?
(a) A sail.
(b) Their husbands' pants.
(c) Flour sacks.
(d) A bedsheet.

12. What follows Big Mama's funeral procession?
(a) Paper butterflies.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Bears.

13. Where does Mina say she is going?
(a) Out with friends.
(b) To Mass.
(c) To school.
(d) To a restaurant.

14. At what time did José Montiel habitually go to Mass?
(a) 10:00 AM.
(b) 2:00 PM.
(c) Noon.
(d) 8:00 AM.

15. What explodes in "Innocent Eréndira"?
(a) A piano.
(b) A fire extinguisher.
(c) A bus.
(d) A pressure cooker.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Mina searching at the beginning of "Artificial Roses"?

2. Where do José Montiel's daughters live?

3. What is Onésimo Sánchez's sign?

4. In "One Day After Saturday," how many bedrooms does Rebecca's house have?

5. How many houses are in the village in "The Handsomest Drowned Man"?

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