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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 37 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Eduviges feel she must take care of Juan?
(a) Because his mother told him he would be coming.
(b) Because he should have been her son.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Because she was friends with his mother.

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

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

5. At Miguel's funeral mass, what does the priest fail to do before leaving the church?
(a) Hear confessions.
(b) Lock the doors.
(c) Bless himself.
(d) Offer the final benediction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Inocencio Osorio's nickname?

3. What is unusual about the man and woman that Juan meets in the ramshackle house?

4. What does the boy's grandmother want him to do for her?

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

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