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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. At what age did the protagonist of "Montiel's Widow" marry José Montiel?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.
2. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?
(a) A bedsheet.
(b) Flour sacks.
(c) Their husbands' pants.
(d) A sail.
3. What does Damaso bring to Ana at the beginning of the story?
(a) A cantaloupe.
(b) Billiard balls.
(c) Two hundred pesos.
(d) A puppy.
4. What does Big Mama do immediately before dying?
(a) She curses.
(b) She sighs.
(c) She gasps.
(d) She burps.
5. What language does Ulises's mother speak?
(a) English.
(b) Guajiro.
(c) Mayan.
(d) Dutch.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Death Constant Beyond Love," of what are the butterflies made?
2. What burns down the grandmother's house in "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother"?
3. To whom does Father Anthony Isabel give the offering?
4. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," what is the drowned man's weight compared to?
5. What is Onésimo Sánchez's sign?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nelson Farina want from the senator, and why?
2. How do the villagers react when Balthazar leaves the cage with his patron, and why?
3. How did the villagers think of José Montiel, and why?
4. Describe the manner in which the old man leaves the town.
5. According to Jacob's wife, what is the significance of the smell in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
6. Describe some of the people who come to Big Mama's funeral.
7. Summarize Damaso's experience in the pool hall as described in the beginning of "There Are No Thieves in This Town."
8. Why is the boy traveling in "One Day After Saturday"?
9. Describe José Montiel's family situation.
10. Describe what happens when the mother of the protagonist of "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" gets a new chair.
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