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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Onésimo Sánchez's sign?
(a) Sagittarius.
(b) Aries.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Taurus.

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

4. In "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon," how old is Balthazar?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-eight.

5. What type of animal is often in Tobías's bed in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Seagull.
(b) Bedbug.
(c) Tortoise.
(d) Crab.

6. What device kills pain in "Blacamán"?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A pogo stick.
(c) A hamster wheel.
(d) A battery-powered alarm clock.

7. How long has the protagonist's mother been a widow in "The Last Voyage"?
(a) Eleven years.
(b) A week.
(c) Five days.
(d) Ten years.

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

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

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

11. What is the name of the priest in "A Very Old Man"?
(a) Father Gonzaga.
(b) Father Val.
(c) Father Anthony Isabel.
(d) Father Nicanor.

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

13. What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Kitchen utensils.
(c) Dead mice.
(d) Dried flowers.

14. What does the narrator of "Blacamán" want to be?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A firefighter.
(c) A boxer.
(d) A priest.

15. How much longer than the village is the ghost ship in "The Last Voyage"?
(a) Thirty times.
(b) Four hundred meters.
(c) Ninety-seven times.
(d) Two miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the antivenom made of in "Blacamán"?

2. How many keys does Mina give the blind woman?

3. How old is Big Mama when she dies?

4. Who was Rebecca's husband?

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

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