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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 usually escorts Laurita's friend, Valeria, to play with Laurita?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

2. Where does Neftali live?
(a) Saavedra.
(b) Manzanal.
(c) Perquenco.
(d) Temuco.

3. In "Mud," who breaks a cup?
(a) Rodolfo.
(b) Laurita.
(c) Neftali.
(d) Uncle Orlando.

4. When Neftali meets his father in the salon in "Pinecone," what is the first thing his father calls him?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Skinny idiot.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Brittle twig.

5. In "Forest," what is the cape made from that Father wears?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Wool.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Fleece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Neftali dream that he and his pinecone travel in "Tree"?

2. What mountains can Neftali see from his window?

3. What color does Laurita think the dog is that she sees in "Rain"?

4. What does everyone have to drink when Mamadre reads to the children and her brother in "Mud"?

5. In "Wind," what is Rodolfo doing when Neftali wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Pinecone," what does Neftali hear and how does he feel about the sound?

2. Where if Neftali and what is he doing at the beginning of "Rain"?

3. What does Jose tell Neftali about his mother, and what questions does Neftali have about his mother?

4. What conversation do Jose and Rudoflo have about Rudolfo's singing?

5. What distracts Neftali on the way to school in "Wind"?

6. What does Father say to Neftali in "Pinecone"?

7. In "Mud, what happens because it rains so long?

8. What bird lives in the forest and tells the future?

9. In "Tree," why do the workers laugh and Father get embarrassed when Neftali returns to the train after exploring in the forest?

10. In "Tree," what bird does Neftali see in a large pine tree?

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