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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told La Loca that Esperanza was dead?
(a) Caridad.
(b) A woman in white.
(c) Don Domingo.
(d) Sofi.

2. What happens during the second year of Sofi's enterprise?
(a) The organization declares bankruptcy.
(b) A group of women start a new cooperative.
(c) Employees start living in the facilities.
(d) Children are banned from the workplace.

3. What disease does Doctor Tolentino diagnose Loca with?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Psoriasis.

4. What kind of bird does Francisco see nesting above Caridad's door?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Robins.

5. How does Esperanza die?
(a) She is brutally attacked and murdered.
(b) She slits her wrists.
(c) She overdoses on medication.
(d) No one knows.

6. What elected position does Sofi decide to run for?
(a) School board representative.
(b) District court judge.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Treasurer.

7. Who does Fe share an apartment with?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Tom.
(c) A female coworker.
(d) Her three cats.

8. What does Fe ask La Loca to teach her to do?
(a) Clean.
(b) Love.
(c) Sew.
(d) Cook.

9. For whom is Fe's death the hardest?
(a) Domingo and Sofi.
(b) La Loca and Caridad.
(c) Maria and Helena.
(d) Casimiro and Tom.

10. What sort of business do Sofi and her neighbor decide to begin?
(a) Bread-baking.
(b) Corn-husking.
(c) Wool-weaving.
(d) Hat-knitting.

11. How old is Sofi when she decides to run for public office?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) In her fifties.
(d) No one knows.

12. Who tells Fe she is going to be subpoenaed?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The U.S. Attorney General's office.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The President's Cabinet.

13. Why does Sofi take Loca to see the doctor?
(a) She thinks Loca is overweight.
(b) The police tell her she should.
(c) Loca asks for medication.
(d) Loca is depressed and losing weight.

14. What illness is Fe diagnosed with at the hospital?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Alzheimer's.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leprosy.

15. What does Sofi sell to her neighbors?
(a) Her fresh pies.
(b) Her chickens.
(c) Her butcher shop.
(d) Her time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Felicia and Doctor Tolentino drink together sometimes?

2. What does the doctor tell Sofi she must place her faith in?

3. What does the Lady in Blue sing about?

4. What do people speak about at the procession?

5. Who does Sofi consult about Loca's illness?

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