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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the old woman that comes into the house?
(a) Damiana Cisneros.
(b) Eduviges.
(c) Juan's mother.
(d) The woman's sister.

2. Where is Juan the day before he gets to Comala?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Contla.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) Sayula.

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

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

5. What does Father Rentería do in order to help himself go to sleep?
(a) He counts sheep.
(b) He drinks hot milk.
(c) He takes a warm bath.
(d) He recites the names of the saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman tell Juan to drink?

2. What is Abundio's main job in Comala?

3. What is Inocencio's job at the Media Luna ranch?

4. Why can't the boy's family buy a new mill?

5. What is it that Fulgor wants to remember to tell don Pedro about his upcoming marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Eduviges convinced that Juan does not meet Abundio on the road to Comala?

2. Explain Miguel Paramo's fate.

3. Why is the priest reluctant to marry don Pedro and Dolores?

4. What does the woman tell Juan about the roads leaving from Comala?

5. What clues are you given as to the boy's family's financial situation?

6. Why does don Pedro want to marry Dolores?

7. How is Comala different from how Juan's mother describes it?

8. What does Juan Preciado hope to accomplish by finding his father?

9. What are the two men who Juan hears in the street discussing?

10. Describe the relationship between don Pedro and Dolores.

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