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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the procession on Good Friday?
(a) La Loca.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Felicia's godson.
(d) Caridad's boyfriend.

2. What does Felicia use to try to find Caridad?
(a) Her Ouija board.
(b) A police dog.
(c) Saint Anthony and her tarot cards.
(d) Powerful herbs and spices.

3. How does Felicia suggest Caridad was healed?
(a) By American doctors.
(b) With oils and fragrances.
(c) She says Caridad healed herself.
(d) With holy water.

4. Which of the following was not one of Don Domingo's compulsions?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Card games.
(c) Cockfights.
(d) Horses.

5. How are Helena and Maria related?
(a) They are mother and daughter.
(b) They used to be lovers.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They do not know each other at all.

6. Who tells Maria to "hit the deck"?
(a) Helena.
(b) An angel.
(c) La Loca.
(d) Francisco.

7. What did Felicia do during World War II?
(a) She was sick in the hospital.
(b) She stayed in Mexico.
(c) She was a nurse.
(d) She wrote a book.

8. Whose veins "run with the blood of the land"?
(a) Mary Magdalene's.
(b) Sofi's.
(c) Maria's.
(d) Helena's.

9. Who helps Francisco make his first bulto?
(a) A holy spirit.
(b) Sofi.
(c) Caridad.
(d) Pedro.

10. What is special about Francisco El Penitente's position in his family?
(a) He is the firstborn.
(b) He is the only boy.
(c) He is the youngest.
(d) He is the seventh son.

11. Who does Caridad marry?
(a) Her high school sweetheart.
(b) A man twice her age.
(c) She doesn't ever marry.
(d) Someone she dated in college.

12. What does Domingo do when he begs for Sofi's forgiveness?
(a) Hits her.
(b) Pulls out his hair.
(c) Gives her a diamond ring.
(d) Puts his head in her lap.

13. When was the last time Felicia fired her gun?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1865.
(c) She has never used it.
(d) 1962.

14. Where does Esperanza go to cover the war?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

15. Francisco has no religious powers except when?
(a) The period between Christmas and New Year's.
(b) He is taking a bath.
(c) He awakes in the middle of the night.
(d) He is building a statue of a saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the tenants take with them when they left?

2. To where are Helena and Maria chased?

3. How many daughters does Sofi have?

4. When was the only time Sofi did leave the house?

5. Why hasn't Sofi felt comfortable leaving the house over the previous twenty years?

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