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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 bury his mother.
(b) To purchase land.
(c) To find a wife.
(d) To find his father.

2. Who does don Pedro owe the most money to?
(a) The Preciado family.
(b) His wife.
(c) Eduviges Dyada.
(d) Father Rentería.

3. 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.

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

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

2. What makes Ana believe it is Miguel Páramo who rapes her?

3. Why are the women in the boy's house saying a novena?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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