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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pedro Páramo, pages 109 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the only fruits that Father Rentería has been able to grow?
(a) Oranges and guavas.
(b) Guavas and figs.
(c) Limes and oranges.
(d) Strawberries and dates.

2. What does the boy's mother want him to do?
(a) Take care of the horses.
(b) Help his grandmother shell corn.
(c) Find a missing book.
(d) Clean the house.

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

4. What does the old woman get from under the bed while Donis and his sister are out of the house?
(a) A box of money.
(b) Some love letters.
(c) Some sheets.
(d) A dress.

5. What is Eduviges' house full of?
(a) Cats.
(b) Plants.
(c) Her paintings.
(d) Other people's things.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month does Susana die?

3. Where does Juan first meet the burro driver?

4. When Fulgor Sedano visits don Pedro for the second time, how many black bows are hanging on his door?

5. What astronomical event occurs on the evening of Miguel's funeral?

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