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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Don's wife react to the news of her son?
(a) She silently weeps away her maternal grief.
(b) She faints.
(c) She becomes enraged.
(d) She attacks other survivors.

2. What did Jerónimo and Josefa do after Jerónimo lost his job?
(a) They planned to run away together.
(b) They had a secret relationship.
(c) They begged others for forgiveness.
(d) They severed all ties.

3. Where is Don Fernando's wife injured?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her pelvis.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her stomach.

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

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

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

7. Where did Josefa go after the earthquake?
(a) A hill.
(b) To the field.
(c) The lake.
(d) The woods.

8. What does the priest make sure to point out?
(a) His own survival and the survival of the church.
(b) The importance of remembering the earthquake.
(c) Jerónimo's and Josefa's circumstances.
(d) Those who perished.

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

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

11. Where does Jerónimo collapse after the earthquake?
(a) In the convent.
(b) On a hillside.
(c) By a river.
(d) In the arms of a stranger.

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

13. What happens to Jerónimo's and Josefa's baby?
(a) The baby is raised at the church.
(b) The baby dies.
(c) The baby is taken away.
(d) Don and his wife adopt him.

14. Why was Josefa put in jail?
(a) She had a child out of wedlock.
(b) She lied to her parents.
(c) She stole bread to feed her child.
(d) She was going to leave the town.

15. When did Josefa give birth?
(a) On Jerónimo's birthday.
(b) During the feast of Corpus Christi.
(c) During her niece's baptism.
(d) During her father's memorial service.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the earthquake, where do Jerónimo's legs carry him?

2. Why was Josefa going to embrace the abbess?

3. In what year does the earthquake in the story take place?

4. What does the group decide to attend?

5. What does Don ask the naval officer for?

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