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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. Why does Juan Preciado come to Comala?
(a) To find a wife.
(b) To purchase land.
(c) To bury his mother.
(d) To find his father.

2. What does the boy's mother want him to do?
(a) Clean the house.
(b) Help his grandmother shell corn.
(c) Find a missing book.
(d) Take care of the horses.

3. How does Abundio go deaf?
(a) It is a result of a childhood illness.
(b) A rocket goes off near his head.
(c) He is burned.
(d) He is shot by a revolutionary.

4. What does Juan carry in his pocket to remind him of his mother?
(a) A scrap of her rebozo.
(b) A letter from her.
(c) A pressed flower.
(d) A photograph of her.

5. When Fulgor Sedano visits don Pedro for the second time, how many black bows are hanging on his door?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Damiana, what happens in the room Juan is staying in at Eduviges' house?

2. What is Abundio's main job in Comala?

3. Why can't the boy's family buy a new mill?

4. What is Inocencio Osorio's nickname?

5. What is Eduviges' house full of?

(see the answer key)

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