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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the boy's grandmother want him to do for her?
(a) Shell the corn.
(b) Take care of the horses.
(c) Grind the chocolate.
(d) Clean the house.

3. Where is Juan buried?
(a) With his mother.
(b) With Dorotea.
(c) In an unmarked grave in the desert.
(d) At the Media Luna ranch.

4. Who finds Juan's body?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Eduviges.
(c) Fulgor Sedano.
(d) Donis.

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

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

7. What does don Pedro's father initially want to do with his son?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Give him up for adoption.
(c) Send him to the seminary.
(d) Make him in charge of Media Luna.

8. What does Osorio tell Dolores she must not do on her wedding night?
(a) Eat.
(b) Lie with a man.
(c) Wear white.
(d) Go to church.

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

10. What does the boy's mother want him to buy for her?
(a) A kettle.
(b) Black taffeta and some aspirin.
(c) A new coat.
(d) Flowers.

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

12. How does Damiana originally know Juan?
(a) She is his girlfriend.
(b) She is his mother's best friend.
(c) She is his real mother.
(d) She takes care of him when he is a baby.

13. What is the name of the shopkeeper?
(a) Doña Inés Villalpando.
(b) Damiana Cisneros.
(c) Justina Díaz.
(d) Eduviges Dyada.

14. What does Juan think his mother dies of?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) A bad fall.
(d) Sadness.

15. How does Abundio go deaf?
(a) He is shot by a revolutionary.
(b) He is burned.
(c) It is a result of a childhood illness.
(d) A rocket goes off near his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juan carry in his pocket to remind him of his mother?

2. Where is Juan's body found?

3. Who tells Eduviges that Juan is coming to town?

4. What do the man and the woman remember hearing Juan say?

5. Why does the priest hate Miguel?

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