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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, after how many weeks did Francisco and Simonopio clean the house at La Amistad?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. How old had Beatriz wanted Carmen to marry before she read the letters from Antonio Dominguez in Chapter 23?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

3. Who planted orange trees at the end of the last century in Montemorelos?
(a) Peter Richardson.
(b) Joseph Robertson.
(c) Benjamin Valentine.
(d) William Michaelson.

4. What was the year that Beatriz Cortes de Morales would always remember for the rest of her life?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1910.

5. In Chapter 31, what did Francisco offer to allow the Change brothers to grow on his land?
(a) Maize.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Vegetables.

6. In Chapter 8, during what year did Francisco lose his crop and have to send his daughters to Monterrey?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1916.

7. What did Simonopio have to search for after he found Lupita's body?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her scalp.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her thumbs.

8. How old was Francisco Junior in Chapter 42, when he saw the first rain that he remembered seeing?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. In Chapter 18, what did Espiricueta do before he went to the North?
(a) Planted tobacco.
(b) Cut sugarcane.
(c) Worked horses.
(d) Herded cattle.

10. What did Nana Reja dictate that Simonopio be fed in Chapter 9?
(a) Goat's milk and orange juice.
(b) Goat's milk and honey.
(c) Honey and bread soaked in goat's milk.
(d) Honey and porridge.

11. At the end of Chapter 11, how long ago had Father Pedro died?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

12. In Chapter 30, how much younger was Simonopio than Espiricueta's daughter?
(a) Couple months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) A year.

13. In Chapter 34, what did Simonopio bring Francisco?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Mango blossoms.
(d) Orange blossoms.

14. In Chapter 42, how long does Francisco Junior say that his mother thought he was half-backward?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

15. How many workers' families usually lived at La Florida in Chapter 16?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lupita when she came to stay with the Morales family?

2. How far did Nana Reja go to rescue the baby?

3. What was the name of the gardener who sometimes cared for Francisco Junior?

4. What type of chair did Nana Reja always sit in toward the end of her life?

5. In Chapter 20, what was Simonopio's favorite fable about?

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