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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Miel at the lighting?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is struck by lightning.
(c) She eats too much.
(d) She goes into the water in a frenzy.

2. What is the term Sam uses for the "seas of cold" he paints?
(a) Mare frigoris.
(b) Mare terpodis.
(c) Elei mare.
(d) Mare temporis.

3. What does Sam's mother guess at in Part IV?
(a) He is going to quit painting.
(b) He has had a fight with Miel.
(c) He wants to leave town.
(d) He knows Aracely's secret.

4. What does Aracely tell Miel the water did for her?
(a) Made her tougher.
(b) Drowned her.
(c) Made her see the gods.
(d) Saved her.

5. How does Aracely defend not telling Miel the truth for years?
(a) She was afraid Miel would want to cut Aracely's hair.
(b) She was afraid Miel would hate her.
(c) There was no right time.
(d) She was afraid Miel would lose her mind.

6. What did Sam's mother used to say about his attitudes towards gender identity?
(a) It will all work out.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is in terrible danger.
(d) He will get there.

7. Who does Sam call to pick him up from school in Part III?
(a) Miel.
(b) Aracely.
(c) James.
(d) His mother.

8. What was the legend about girls who grew roses from their wrists, according to Miel's father?
(a) They became evil spirits after death.
(b) They always died young.
(c) They turned on their parents.
(d) They become visionaries and queens.

9. What proof do the Bonner sisters have for the secret they threaten to reveal?
(a) Sam's birth certificate.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Written confessions.
(d) Recordings.

10. Why does Sam get into a fight in Part III?
(a) Defending Miel's honor.
(b) Defending the Bonner sisters.
(c) Defending himself against rumors he is gay.
(d) Defending his mother.

11. How does Miel think the town will take the truth about Sam?
(a) Miel does not consider this question at all.
(b) They will accept him.
(c) They will hate him.
(d) There will be a mixed reaction.

12. What is Sam's mother's reply to his big question?
(a) He should move away soon.
(b) He can not do what he is asking.
(c) People should know what they want.
(d) He should find a way to get a priest to marry he and Miel.

13. What makes Aracely's disappointment and anger with Miel in Part III worse?
(a) Her bad cooking.
(b) Her absence.
(c) Her civility.
(d) Her screaming.

14. Where does Sam go most nights?
(a) The river.
(b) Outside Miel's window.
(c) The beach.
(d) The edge of the school property line.

15. What does Sam do in Part III that is really dangerous?
(a) Insults Petyon.
(b) Wades into the river alone.
(c) Calls for wolves.
(d) Starts a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aracely apologize to Miel for in Part III?

2. What does everyone call Aracely in town?

3. What does Miel tell Aracely she wants in Part IV that shocks Aracely?

4. What do the Bonners think Miel does with her roses before they ask for them?

5. How do the Bonners know Miel cares about the secret they are threatening to reveal?

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