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

2. How many houses are in the village in "The Handsomest Drowned Man"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Thirty.

3. Who hears Big Mama's final wishes?
(a) Mr. Herbert.
(b) Aurelio Escovar.
(c) Nicanor.
(d) Father Anthony Isabel.

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

5. In "The Sea of Lost Time," which stranger comes to town?
(a) Mr. Carmichael.
(b) Eréndira.
(c) Ulises.
(d) Mr. Herbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did José Montiel habitually go to Mass?

2. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?

3. Where does Big Mama live?

4. Which character wants a fake ID in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?

5. What item does Mina make to sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Damaso's experience in the pool hall as described in the beginning of "There Are No Thieves in This Town."

2. Describe what happens when the mother of the protagonist of "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" gets a new chair.

3. How do the villagers react to the old man in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," and why?

4. Why are Mina's sleeves important in "Artificial Roses"?

5. What does Nelson Farina want from the senator, and why?

6. What does Damaso plan to do with the stolen goods, and what becomes of his plans?

7. Describe some of the people who come to Big Mama's funeral.

8. How did the villagers think of José Montiel, and why?

9. Describe what Mr. Herbert and Tobías find to eat in "The Sea of Lost Time."

10. Describe Balthazar's cage.

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