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

2. Why does Susana want Justina to leave?
(a) Because Justina is praying.
(b) Because don Pedro wants Justina to leave.
(c) Because Susana is afraid of her.
(d) Because Justina is crying.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorotea's nickname?

2. How does Abundio's wife die?

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

4. Who tells don Pedro that Fulgor is dead?

5. What do the women in the town notice about Susana's window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Abundio's wife get last rites?

2. What does Gerardo's wife tell him before he visits don Pedro?

3. What happens during Father Rentería's confession?

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

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

6. Describe the night Susana learns of Florencio's death.

7. Why does Susana think Father Rentería has come to see her?

8. Why does Dorotea say she is no longer interested in the sky?

9. Why is Villalpando in such a bad mood?

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

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