View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerónimo ask the crowds of people escaping the city?
(a) If Josefa is with her mother.
(b) If Josefa was executed.
(c) If they have seen Josefa.
(d) If Josefa is looking for him.

2. What reminds Jerónimo of Josefa after the earthquake?
(a) A cloud shaped like Josefa.
(b) The ring on his finger.
(c) The smell of lavender.
(d) A beautiful young woman who is dead on the street.

3. What happens after Josefa helps the father?
(a) The father gives Josefa food.
(b) The survivors give blankets and medicine to the young couple.
(c) The father weeps.
(d) Josefa and Jerónimo are accepted into the group of survivors.

4. Who do Jerónimo and Josefa rest with after the earthquake?
(a) A group of people who also escaped the city.
(b) Josefa's brother's family.
(c) One family who also have a baby.
(d) A clergyman and some nuns.

5. Where do they plan on going after the tremors stop?
(a) La Serena.
(b) Iquique.
(c) Temuco.
(d) Concepcion.

6. Why was Jerónimo fired from his job?
(a) He stole from his boss.
(b) He was rude to his boss.
(c) He was having a relationship with the boss's daughter.
(d) He was always late and never did his work properly.

7. What does the crowd do to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?
(a) They injure them.
(b) They kidnap them.
(c) They banish them.
(d) They kill them.

8. What does a man announce in the church?
(a) That someone has stolen his cow.
(b) That Jerónimo and Josefa blame themselves for the earthquake.
(c) That Jerónimo and Josefa are present.
(d) That another earthquake will take place.

9. What does Don ask the naval officer for?
(a) A gun.
(b) A sword.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A firework.

10. Where is this event taking place?
(a) In the next city over.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In the city.

11. How does the earthquake help Jerónimo?
(a) It distracts his enemies so that he can leave.
(b) It clears a pathway to Josefa.
(c) It causes the walls around him to collapse.
(d) It distracts him from killing himself.

12. Why does the father of another baby approach Josefa?
(a) His wife is too injured to nurse their son.
(b) His wife just gave birth and he is unsure of what to do.
(c) His baby is sick.
(d) His child will not stop crying.

13. What is the name of Don Fernando's wife?
(a) Donna Adriana.
(b) Donna Elvira.
(c) Donna Ria.
(d) Donna Natalia.

14. Who is Don Fernando?
(a) The leader of the group.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) An old man.
(d) The priest.

15. Where does Jerónimo find Josefa?
(a) At the church.
(b) Sitting peacefully on a hillside.
(c) Near a stream.
(d) Amongst the rubble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree does the young family rest against on the night of the earthquake?

2. What does Jerónimo do when he awakens after the earthquake?

3. What does Don do after the man makes his announcement?

4. How does Don's wife react to the news of her son?

5. What is Jerónimo about to do when the story begins?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 560 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample