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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Doña Eduviges' house located?
(a) In don Pedro's estate compound.
(b) In Contla.
(c) In the desert.
(d) Next to a bridge by the river.

3. What do Juan and the burro driver have in common?
(a) They have the same mother.
(b) They are in love with the same woman.
(c) They both are miners.
(d) They have the same father.

4. 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.

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

6. Why can't Chona run off with her lover?
(a) She has too much debt.
(b) Her father is ill.
(c) She is in love with don Pedro.
(d) She is married.

7. Why can't the boy's family buy a new mill?
(a) They pay too much in tithes to the church.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) They have to pay for the boy's grandfather's funeral.
(d) They don't have any money.

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

9. What is Inocencio's job at the Media Luna ranch?
(a) He is a custodian.
(b) He breaks horses.
(c) He tends to the sick.
(d) He administers the real estate.

10. What does the burro driver tell Juan happens to don Pedro?
(a) He owns the Media Luna ranch.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) He is "living bile".
(d) He died years ago.

11. What happens to Pedro's father?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He decides to marry another woman.
(d) He joins the revolution.

12. How many children are in Damiana's family?
(a) Two.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Nine.
(d) Sixteen.

13. What is Abundio's main job in Comala?
(a) To take care of the horses.
(b) To teach the children.
(c) To bring the mail.
(d) To settle minor legal disputes.

14. What is it that Fulgor wants to remember to tell don Pedro about his upcoming marriage?
(a) To give Dolores money.
(b) To find a place to honeymoon.
(c) To buy a new suit.
(d) To have the judge put the property in joint ownership.

15. What does the boy's mother say happens to him if he stays too long in the privy?
(a) He disappears.
(b) A snake bites him.
(c) He does not get dinner.
(d) The storm carries him away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Juan where to stay while in Comala?

2. What sin is the woman guilty of?

3. What makes Ana unsure of who rapes her?

4. Why is don Pedro upset over Fulgor's arrangements for his marriage to Dolores?

5. What does Miguel tell Ana about why he comes to her window?

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