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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. Where do they plan to go after securing a loan?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) England.

2. What were priests running through the streets yelling?
(a) That God was angry.
(b) That the end of the world had come.
(c) That salvation was possible.
(d) That the devil was near.

3. 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 another earthquake will take place.
(d) That Jerónimo and Josefa are present.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Don's baby?

2. What reminds Jerónimo of Josefa after the earthquake?

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

4. Why was Jerónimo fired from his job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Jerónimo is in his jail cell?

2. What does Jerónimo ask people on the streets?

3. What does a man announce during the service, and how does the crowd react to this?

4. What is Jerónimo's and Josefa's plan for the future?

5. What is Don Fernando told on the way to the city?

6. What effect does the favor that Josefa agrees to do for the man have?

7. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

8. What happens to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

9. Where do Jerónimo and Josefa decide to go the morning after the earthquake?

10. What happens to Don Fernando's baby?

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