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

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

3. Why do they want to go to this place after securing a loan?
(a) Josefa's aunt lives there.
(b) Jerónimo has friends who live there.
(c) Josefa believes they will find peace there.
(d) Jerónimo's relatives on his mother's side live there.

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

5. Who lives at the place where Jerónimo and Josefa plan to go?
(a) Josefa's sister.
(b) A close friend of Josefa's.
(c) Jerónimo's uncle.
(d) Jerónimo's brother and nephew.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Don's baby?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the priest preach about at the service?

6. What is Jerónimo planning to do in his jail cell?

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

8. Who approaches Josefa for help?

9. What did Josefa do after seeing the collapsed jail?

10. Why is Jerónimo in jail?

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