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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. Where is Abel lying prostrate as the prayer meeting is taking place in Los Angeles?
(a) A bathroom
(b) The church
(c) His bed
(d) Shallow ditch

2. What is in Abel's mouth the next time he wakes up during his time in the ditch?
(a) Blood
(b) A piece of paper
(c) Water
(d) A piece of bread

3. ____________ stunned and hit a jackrabbit buck when he was in the attacking group that took place.
(a) Mariano
(b) Francisco
(c) Medina
(d) Abel

4. Who is Abel's brother, who died many years before the start of the story?
(a) Francisco
(b) Vidal
(c) Mariano
(d) Tosamah

5. What appears at the trading post when Francisco arrives around 1:00 PM?
(a) Bus
(b) Horse-drawn carriage
(c) The mail
(d) A parade for the veterans

Short Answer Questions

1. To find his grandmother's grave, Tosamah has to walk along the path of the _______________.

2. When Abel went to look at the bird he caught, helpless in the sack, he felt bad so he __________ it.

3. What were the victims being targeted in the #32 scenario that was described in the book?

4. The sermon at the beginning of the chapter is about the __________ and the Truth.

5. Who did Abel kill which led to his being put into prison for six years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on the night of the memory that Abel recalls about himself and about his brother, Vidal?

2. Who had Francisco beaten in a race for good hunting and harvests, something which he looks upon fondly?

3. What happens when Abel comes off the bus when Francisco comes to pick him up?

4. What caused Francisco to be afraid during the birth of his child, which then caused his girlfriend to leave him?

5. Who are the people who are at the prayer meeting with Tosamah at the beginning of this chapter?

6. When Tosamah's grandmother, Aho, dies, what does he do for her the following summer?

7. What did Francisco try to teach his grandsons when they were out at the old Campo Santo?

8. Describe the appearance of Abel when Ben takes him to the bus station at the beginning of the chapter.

9. What surrounded Francisco in his camp when he was riding out as a young man?

10. What happens in the memory Abel has of his grandfather calling him as he heard the old men pray?

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