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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 Domingo returns, what do he and Sofi talk about?
(a) The children.
(b) Household matters.
(c) Their divorce.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who knows about Caridad's attack?
(a) Sofi.
(b) No one.
(c) Felicia and La Loca.
(d) Don Domingo.

3. Why did Sofi and Domingo elope?
(a) They were underage.
(b) They were poor and couldn't afford a wedding.
(c) Her family disapproved of him.
(d) Sofi was pregnant.

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

5. With whom did Francisco have a brief affair?
(a) Sofi.
(b) A spirit.
(c) A dark-haired woman.
(d) A golden-haired woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Felicia's second husband die?

2. Who raised Francisco until he was old enough to help with the farm?

3. In New Mexico, what does being a santero mean?

4. Who helps Francisco make his first bulto?

5. Why does Felicia rent out her trailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the Lady in Blue play in La Loca's final days?

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

3. How does the incident of the man in the pickup truck foreshadow events later in the novel?

4. How does the author use humor in Chapter 1?

5. What does Domingo do in Chapter 6 that leads to Sofi falling in love with him again?

6. What motivates Sofi to run for mayor of Tome?

7. How is Francisco characterized in Chapter 5?

8. What sign does Francisco see outside Caridad's door?

9. How does the woman on television describe hell, heaven, and purgatory?

10. What do the stations of the cross in Chapter 15 symbolize?

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