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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 11 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Doña Eduviges' house located?
(a) In the desert.
(b) In don Pedro's estate compound.
(c) In Contla.
(d) Next to a bridge by the river.

4. What does the boy's mother say happens to him if he stays too long in the privy?
(a) He does not get dinner.
(b) A snake bites him.
(c) The storm carries him away.
(d) He disappears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Pedro's father?

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

3. What does Eduviges want Juan to do before he goes to sleep?

4. What happens to Juan's mother?

5. What do Juan and the burro driver have in common?

(see the answer key)

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