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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 is Osorio's other talent?
(a) He is a gifted blacksmith.
(b) He is a good cook.
(c) He is a conjurer.
(d) He can speak seven languages.

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

3. Where does Dolores' sister live?
(a) Colima.
(b) Next to Eduviges in Comala.
(c) The Media Luna ranch.
(d) Contla.

4. What is in the room Juan sleeps in during his first night in Comala?
(a) It is full of candles.
(b) It is completely empty.
(c) It has other people sleeping in it.
(d) It is full of cats.

5. Why can't the boy's family buy a new mill?
(a) They don't have any money.
(b) They pay too much in tithes to the church.
(c) They have to pay for the boy's grandfather's funeral.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Juan Preciado come to Comala?

2. What is Inocencio Osorio's nickname?

3. Who tells Juan where to stay while in Comala?

4. What promise does Dolorita and Eduviges make to each other?

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

(see the answer key)

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