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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 25 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Dolorita and Eduviges make to each other?
(a) To never marry.
(b) To pay off each others' debt.
(c) To write each other every day.
(d) To die together.

2. Where is Juan planning on staying while in Comala?
(a) At the burro driver's house.
(b) At the Media Luna ranch.
(c) Doña Eduviges' house.
(d) At the church.

3. What is Inocencio's job at the Media Luna ranch?
(a) He is a custodian.
(b) He tends to the sick.
(c) He breaks horses.
(d) He administers the real estate.

4. What is the official charge against Toribio Aldrete?
(a) Libelous comments.
(b) Falsifying boundaries.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Murder.

5. According to Damiana, what happens in the room Juan is staying in at Eduviges' house?
(a) His father dies there.
(b) It is infested with spiders.
(c) Someone is hanged there.
(d) He is born there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eduviges feel she must take care of Juan?

2. What does the burro driver tell Juan happens to don Pedro?

3. Where is Juan the day before he gets to Comala?

4. What makes Ana unsure of who rapes her?

5. What does the burro driver tell Juan is "a plague that takes over a person's house the minute they leave"?

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