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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 47 - 61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it when Juan dies?
(a) December.
(b) April.
(c) August.
(d) February.

2. What does Damiana say she hears "night after night"?
(a) Her sister and her brother-in-law making love.
(b) Juan's cries.
(c) A fiesta at Media Luna.
(d) Horses.

3. How long have the man and woman been in Comala?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Six years.
(c) They are born there.
(d) Two months.

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

5. Where does Juan first meet the burro driver?
(a) At Dona Eduviges' house.
(b) At the Media Luna ranch.
(c) At Contla.
(d) At the crossroads called Los Encuentros.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the old woman that comes into the house?

4. What does Damiana do when she happens upon a wake?

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

(see the answer key)

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