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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. 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 forgiving everyone.
(c) By bringing in an additional priest.
(d) By being hard and merciless.

2. When Justina is in the marketplace, what is her complaint?
(a) That she sees ghosts.
(b) That there are too many people around.
(c) That she misses Susana.
(d) Everything costs too much.

3. After learning what has happened to Miguel, what does don Pedro order to be done?
(a) Miguel's horse be killed.
(b) They must get a new priest.
(c) Everyone in the town must wear black.
(d) Everyone in the family must confess.

4. What does Susana ask Justina if she is killed?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Birds.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Her husband.

5. Why don't the people who come from Apango bring ocote pine and oak mulch?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It gets wet from the rain.
(c) It is stolen by brigands.
(d) They are buying it in Comala.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Damiana think is knocking on her wall?

2. What does Bartolomé do with don Pedro's letters to Susana?

3. When is don Lucas killed?

4. Where is don Pedro's lawyer moving to?

5. What does don Pedro do to the man who remembers don Pedro's death from his grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does don Pedro deal with the news of Miguel's crimes?

2. How does Fulgor compare Miguel to don Pedro?

3. Why does Susana reject Father Rentería in her last living moments?

4. What deal does don Pedro make with Susana's father?

5. What happens between don Pedro and Damiana when she is a girl?

6. Why does Father Rentería feel guilty about Miguel's crimes?

7. Why does don Pedro want Susana's father to disappear in the mines?

8. Why do Angeles and Fausta think Susana doesn't need confess her sins?

9. What does Justina tell Susana she is going to tell don Pedro when he comes?

10. When the reader first hears Susana's narrative, where does she think she is?

(see the answer keys)

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