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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. Who did Caridad prophetically predict was on her way home?
(a) Sofi.
(b) La Loca.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Fe.

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

3. Which of Caridad's abilities has fully developed?
(a) Her cooking ability.
(b) Her ability to communicate with animals.
(c) Her psychic ability.
(d) Her ability to fall asleep anywhere.

4. How did Felicia's mother die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Malnutrition.

5. Which three places does La Loca say she has been?
(a) The toy store, the candy shop, and her bedroom.
(b) Her birthplace, her house, and her coffin.
(c) Hell, heaven, and purgatory.
(d) The past, present, and future.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the procession on Good Friday?

2. How long after their daughter's baptism did Domingo leave his family?

3. Whose ancestral land is in New Mexico?

4. What does Caridad do to earn a living?

5. When Caridad returns home from the pilgrimage, what does she do when she cannot sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the end of the novel, what has Sofi lost and gained?

2. Describe Caridad's encounter with the woman on the wall when she reaches Ojo Caliente.

3. What effect does Fe's death have on Sofi and Domingo?

4. How does La Loca get her name?

5. Describe La Loca's medical problems and the procedure Doctor Tolentino performs on Loca.

6. Describe the trances Caridad begins to experience in Chapter 2 and the specific things she foresees.

7. Explain the circumstances surrounding Esperanza's death.

8. What effect does Fe's death have on La Loca?

9. As shown when La Loca is on her deathbed, what impact did her resurrection as a young child have on people living in her area?

10. How are the women empowered by the cooperative Sofi initiates?

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