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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the river which "rolled toward" Jerónimo?
(a) Mapocho River.
(b) Calbuco River.
(c) Dillo River.
(d) Renegado River.

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

3. What does the crowd try to do after the man makes his announcement?
(a) They banish Jerónimo and Josefa.
(b) They try to kill Jerónimo and Josefa.
(c) They glare at Jerónimo and Josefa.
(d) They hush the man.

4. What does Jerónimo do when he awakens after the earthquake?
(a) He thanks God for his salvation.
(b) He tends to his injuries.
(c) He cleans himself off.
(d) He looks for some water.

5. Where does Josefa live?
(a) In a simple hut.
(b) In a nearby village.
(c) At a convent.
(d) In a large mansion.

6. How does the father of another baby describe the earthquake?
(a) "...that hour which made us all unhappy."
(b) "...devil's anger."
(c) "...the moment the earth was angry."
(d) "...the unforgettable force."

7. What was the capital of this country at this time?
(a) Talca.
(b) Punta Arenas.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Concepcion.

8. What does the priest blame the earthquake on?
(a) The Lord's mysterious ways.
(b) Those who do not practice religion.
(c) God testing them.
(d) The moral depravity of the town.

9. What happened to the convent where the baby was being cared for?
(a) It was looted.
(b) Nothing happened to it.
(c) It collapsed immediately.
(d) It caught on fire.

10. After the earthquake, where do Jerónimo's legs carry him?
(a) Wherever a woman's dress flaps in the wind.
(b) To an old meeting place.
(c) In the same direction that the other survivors are going.
(d) Towards the sun's rays.

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

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

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

14. What do people believe of Josefa's fate?
(a) They believe she is dead.
(b) They believe she is injured.
(c) They believe she is never to be found.
(d) They believe she is alive.

15. What is Don told about Jerónimo and Josefa?
(a) Their love.
(b) Their struggles to be together.
(c) Their past sins.
(d) Their fate prior to the earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Josefa was about to embrace the abbess?

2. What had Josefa done after the earthquake?

3. What is the name of Don Fernando's son?

4. What were priests running through the streets yelling?

5. When does a father of another baby approach Josefa?

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