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

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

3. What does the group decide to attend?
(a) A town meeting.
(b) A church service.
(c) A previously-scheduled public performance.
(d) A group hunt.

4. What is the name of Jerónimo's and Josefa's baby?
(a) Martin.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Philip.
(d) Paolo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river which "rolled toward" Jerónimo?

2. What were priests running through the streets yelling?

3. What does the crowd do to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jerónimo in jail?

2. What do Don and his wife decide to do?

3. What does the priest make sure to point out during his sermon?

4. What happened at the convent?

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

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

7. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

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

9. After the earthquake, where does Jerónimo go?

10. How does Don Fernando try to help Jerónimo and Josefa?

(see the answer keys)

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