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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam assume about Miel and the Bonner sisters in Part III that hurts him?
(a) They are best friends now.
(b) The Bonners' parents like Miel better than they like him.
(c) They are enemies now.
(d) Miel will leave town with them.

2. Sam's mother says he would not have existed but for which of the following?
(a) The squid.
(b) The song.
(c) The flower.
(d) The lion.

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

4. What does Miel do to Sam when she realizes he went into the water alone, deliberately?
(a) Cuts him with a knife.
(b) Threatens to tell his mother.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Runs away from him.

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

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

7. What does Miel want to eat after her second ordeal in the coffin?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Dumplings.
(c) Alfajores.
(d) Samosas.

8. What do Miel and Sam do after he pulls her from the coffin and brings her back to his house?
(a) Pick pumpkins.
(b) Have a fight.
(c) Read.
(d) Sleep together again.

9. Who does Peyton really like to kiss?
(a) Iris Wittington.
(b) Jenna Shelby.
(c) Sam.
(d) Miel.

10. What does Aracely say when Miel asks her how they ended up in this town?
(a) It is where all their friends live.
(b) It is where the magic took them.
(c) It is where the river widens and slows.
(d) It is where their ancestors are from.

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

12. What color is the Bonner house?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Navy.

13. What does Aracely apologize to Miel for in Part III?
(a) Yelling at her about her messing up the Emma Owens ceremony.
(b) Lying to her for years.
(c) Embarrassing her in front of Sam.
(d) Cutting her out of the will.

14. Who comes to school to defend Sam from the punishment the principal wants to give him?
(a) Peyton.
(b) Sam's mother.
(c) Aracely.
(d) Chloe.

15. What question does Sam propose to his mother in Part IV?
(a) What if he wants to cook for a living?
(b) What if he wants to move away?
(c) What if he wants to marry Miel?
(d) What if he wants to stay living as a man?

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the legend about girls who grew roses from their wrists, according to Miel's father?

2. What does Aracely think of crying?

3. What is the term Sam uses for the "seas of cold" he paints?

4. What lie does Miel tell Sam's mother in Part III?

5. What does Miel ask Sam about the motivations behind his desires towards her?

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