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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sin does Father Rentería's first penitent of the day confess?
(a) She is unfaithful to her husband.
(b) She has lustful thoughts.
(c) She steals from her sister.
(d) She helps find girls for Miguel.

2. When is don Lucas killed?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) San Cristobal's Day.
(c) Feast Day of San Miguel.
(d) New Year's Eve.

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

4. What does don Pedro do to the man who remembers don Pedro's death from his grave?
(a) He makes him deaf.
(b) He cuts off his nose.
(c) He kills him.
(d) He leaves him lame.

5. How many men does don Pedro offer to assist the revolution?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Sixty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Twenty.

6. What is the name of Susana's servant?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Ana.
(c) Damiana.
(d) Justina.

7. What does Dorotea say Susana does, "even when she is alive"?
(a) She tells the future.
(b) She gives people blessings.
(c) She is unhappy.
(d) She talks to herself.

8. Who comes down from Apango?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Susana's family.
(c) Indians.
(d) Revolutionaries.

9. What does don Pedro tell the revolutionaries who come asking for money?
(a) To find some women to bed.
(b) To ask God for forgiveness.
(c) To give up the fight.
(d) To raid a nearby town.

10. Who tells don Pedro that Susana is back in town?
(a) Father Rentería.
(b) Damiana.
(c) Fulgor Sedano.
(d) Eduviges.

11. Where is don Pedro's lawyer moving to?
(a) The Media Luna ranch.
(b) Eduviges' house.
(c) Contla.
(d) Sayula.

12. What does Bartolomé want Susana to find in the grave?
(a) A map.
(b) Lost letters to her mother.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) His rosary.

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

14. When Father Rentería returns from his walk, who does he learn is waiting for him?
(a) The tax-collector.
(b) Pedro Páramo.
(c) Women waiting to confess.
(d) Damiana Cisneros.

15. Who is the first person in line at confession in Comala?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Ana.
(c) Damiana.
(d) Eduviges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorotea come to Media Luna each morning?

2. What does Damiana hear that reminds her of the Devil?

3. What is don Pedro going to do with his papers since his lawyer won't take them?

4. Who is supposedly killed El Tilcuate?

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

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