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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 burro driver tell Juan is "a plague that takes over a person's house the minute they leave"?
(a) Moths.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Spiderwebs.
(d) Creosote bush.

2. Who tells Eduviges that Juan is coming to town?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) His mother.
(c) Don Pedro.
(d) Abundio.

3. Why are the women in the boy's house saying a novena?
(a) For financial prosperity.
(b) To improve the boy's health.
(c) To mourn his grandfather's death.
(d) For all the pregnant women.

4. Who tells Juan to go to Comala?
(a) Father Rentería.
(b) Pedro Páramo.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

5. What does Osorio tell Dolores she must not do on her wedding night?
(a) Eat.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Lie with a man.
(d) Wear white.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Inocencio's job at the Media Luna ranch?

3. Who sleeps next to Pedro on his wedding night?

4. What does the boy's mother say happens to him if he stays too long in the privy?

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

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