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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pedro say he loves Dolores?
(a) Because she has borne him a son.
(b) Because she is rich.
(c) Because of her eyes.
(d) Because she is so honest.

2. What makes Ana unsure of who rapes her?
(a) She can't see her attacker's face.
(b) She doesn't remember the incident.
(c) She is told it is two different people.
(d) Her uncle threatens her not to tell who it is.

3. What is sitting next to Juan when he wakes up?
(a) A cat.
(b) A sack of money.
(c) A book of poetry.
(d) A jug of coffee.

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

5. What does Miguel tell Ana about why he comes to her window?
(a) He wants to borrow money.
(b) He says he has come to ask forgiveness.
(c) He asks if her can live with her family.
(d) He wants to marry her.

6. According to Damiana, what happens in the room Juan is staying in at Eduviges' house?
(a) It is infested with spiders.
(b) He is born there.
(c) His father dies there.
(d) Someone is hanged there.

7. What does the priest drink every night at suppertime?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Tea.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

8. Where is Juan's body found?
(a) In the town plaza.
(b) At Eduviges' house.
(c) In his father's grave.
(d) At the Media Luna ranch.

9. Where does Juan tell the woman that he is headed?
(a) Contla.
(b) Sayula.
(c) Media Luna.
(d) Los Confines.

10. When Juan awakes, where does the woman say that Donis goes?
(a) To find a lost calf.
(b) To go to a fiesta.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To go to mass.

11. What is unusual about the man and woman that Juan meets in the ramshackle house?
(a) They have horrible facial scars.
(b) They are identical twins.
(c) They are naked.
(d) They can't speak.

12. What makes Ana believe it is Miguel Páramo who rapes her?
(a) Her uncle tells her it is him.
(b) He tells her his name.
(c) She has a dream that it is him.
(d) He looks like him.

13. What is the last thing that Juan sees before he dies?
(a) Foamy clouds swirling above his head.
(b) Miguel's horse.
(c) His father.
(d) An angel.

14. How does Father Rentería suggest that María Dyada try to get redemption for her sister?
(a) Become a nun.
(b) Join the revolution.
(c) Pay for Gregorian masses.
(d) Marry him.

15. 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) Creosote bush.
(d) Spiderwebs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Damiana originally know Juan?

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

3. What does the burro driver tell Juan happens to don Pedro?

4. What does the medal around Eduviges' neck say?

5. What happens to Juan's mother?

(see the answer keys)

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