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

2. How long after their daughter's baptism did Domingo leave his family?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) One day.

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

4. Why does Felicia go outside to the trailer in the middle of the night?
(a) She hears footsteps.
(b) She sees a light.
(c) She hears people talking.
(d) She has a dream.

5. Which of Caridad's sisters thinks Caridad is not immune to love?
(a) Esperanza.
(b) Fe.
(c) La Loca.
(d) Sofi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Felicia's husband die?

2. What is Fe's response when her fiancé tells her he doesn't want to get married?

3. How do Felicia and Caridad treat ailments?

4. Who pays for Caridad's house near El Santuario?

5. What is a bulto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Caridad different after she returns from being missing?

4. What does Helena know about the town she and Maria are in when they stop at the gas station?

5. Why is it important to La Loca when Fe asks her to teach her how to cook?

6. Explain what eventually kills Fe.

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

8. What is the irony in the fact that Esperanza is taken as a prisoner overseas?

9. What events lead up to Caridad's horse's death?

10. How does Caridad "reject men and embrace spirituality" in Chapter 2?

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