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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does don Pedro do to memorialize Susana's death?
(a) Writes her a eulogy.
(b) Tells the town that everyone must wear black.
(c) Stops eating.
(d) Orders all the bells to ring.

2. How many men is El Tilcuate fighting with?
(a) Four thousand.
(b) Twenty.
(c) None.
(d) Seven hundred.

3. What is in the mine where Bartolomé sends Susana?
(a) A skeleton.
(b) Jewels.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) Rats.

4. What words does Father Rentería want Susana to repeat?
(a) "My mouth is filled with earth."
(b) The "Our Father".
(c) "God forgive me."
(d) "I am a sinner."

5. Why doesn't anyone come to mourn for Susana's mother after her death?
(a) People think the house is cursed.
(b) The priest tells everyone not to visit.
(c) No one likes her mother.
(d) They are afraid of getting sick.

6. What does Dorotea tell Juan she sees?
(a) Her baby.
(b) Susana die.
(c) Abundio's ghost.
(d) Don Pedro crying.

7. What do Father Rentería and his confessor say about all fruits that grow in Comala?
(a) They make people happy who eat them.
(b) They are bitter.
(c) They have no taste.
(d) They are the sweetest.

8. How does Father Rentería's confessor suggest the priest deals with sin in Comala?
(a) By asking everyone to give more money to the church.
(b) By being hard and merciless.
(c) By forgiving everyone.
(d) By bringing in an additional priest.

9. Why don't the women want Susana to die?
(a) Because they care for her.
(b) Because it will ruin their Christmas plans.
(c) Because they fear her ghost.
(d) Because it will sadden don Pedro.

10. What happens in Comala after Susana's death?
(a) Everyone has great financial success.
(b) Many babies are born.
(c) The rain stops.
(d) Everyone leaves.

11. Who is the shot that kills don Lucas intended for?
(a) The man selling him a horse.
(b) His sister.
(c) His son.
(d) The groom at the wedding.

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

13. Where do don Pedro and Fulgor send Susana's father?
(a) To the seminary.
(b) To the La Andromeda mines.
(c) To Contla.
(d) To Sayula.

14. What month does Susana's mother die in?
(a) August.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) February.

15. What is all that Susana wants of Florencio after his death?
(a) His money.
(b) His body.
(c) His soul.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Damiana's excuse for not having made a novena in so long?

2. What is Justina doing as Susana talks to her?

3. What does don Pedro tell the revolutionaries who come asking for money?

4. Why does Father Rentería scold his first penitent of the day?

5. Who comes to comfort Susana after she learns of her father's death?

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