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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. What does don Pedro and Susana do together when they are young?
(a) Draw pictures.
(b) Swim together in the river.
(c) Catch insects.
(d) Write poems.

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

3. Why does El Tilcuate want to disband his men?
(a) He is ill.
(b) Peace is declared.
(c) He wants to retire.
(d) He is getting married.

4. How much money does don Pedro offer to the revolutionaries?
(a) He offers them nothing.
(b) A hundred thousand pesos.
(c) A thousand pesos.
(d) A hundred pesos.

5. What does don Pedro give the lawyer for his troubles?
(a) Nothing.
(b) One thousand pesos.
(c) A horse.
(d) A house..

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Rentería's confessor suggest the priest deals with sin in Comala?

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

3. What does Pedro initially tell Father Rentería to do with Miguel when he is a baby?

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

5. What is in the mine where Bartolomé sends Susana?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does don Pedro deal with Susana's death?

2. What happens when the revolutionaries come to don Pedro's house?

3. Describe the memory Susana has in the grave that Juan and Dorotea overhear.

4. Why is Villalpando in such a bad mood?

5. What does doña Inés want Abundio to tell his dead wife?

6. How does don Pedro avenge his father's death?

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

8. Why don't the men of Comala come to the marketplace?

9. What is unusual about Susana's reaction to her mother's death?

10. What happens during Father Rentería's confession?

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