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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had Pico courted before Senora Valencia?
(a) Dr. Javier's daughter
(b) Amabelle
(c) Dr. Javier's sister
(d) Juana

2. What did Amabelle's family cross the river to buy on the day they were killed?
(a) A stove
(b) Vegetables
(c) A cooking pot
(d) Healing herbs

3. Why did Amabelle's father move her away from her mother's cooking pot when she was a child?
(a) He is concerned she will burn herself
(b) He wants her to remain a child and not grow up too quickly
(c) He does not want her to become a domestic worker
(d) He knows it will anger her mother to see her tampering with the food

4. Who does Senor Pico nearly kill as he practices shooting with Senora Valencia?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Rosalinda
(c) Amabelle
(d) Papi

5. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?
(a) Cancer
(b) Of old age
(c) In childbirth
(d) During a hurricane

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?

2. What should have been a warning to Amabelle's father that it was too dangerous to cross the river?

3. Who does Senor Pico share cigars and rum with in the garden?

4. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?

5. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?

(see the answer key)

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