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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Sam's father?
(a) He has transitioned to live life as a woman.
(b) He has been jailed for a long time.
(c) He and Sam's mother had an agreement, and they never meant to stay together to raise Sam.
(d) He has died.

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

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

4. What does Aracely implore Miel not to do in Part IV?
(a) Marry sam.
(b) Go back to the river alone.
(c) Have children of her own.
(d) Stay angry at Sam.

5. 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.

6. What does Sam ask Aracely to do for him in Part III that shocks her?
(a) Tell Miel he has left town.
(b) Cure his lovesickness for Miel.
(c) Make him into a girl.
(d) Perform a wedding ceremony for he and Miel.

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

8. What is one of Sam's favorite salads?
(a) Strawberries and spinach.
(b) Pumpkin and spinach.
(c) Cauliflower and pumpkin.
(d) Orange, fennel, and olive.

9. What happens in the section titled "Lake of Sorrow" that terrifies Miel?
(a) She loses her favorite photo of her mother.
(b) She starts drowning again.
(c) She hears her father's voice telling her to leave town.
(d) She loses her rose in the river.

10. Who saves Sam from the river?
(a) Miel.
(b) Sam's mother.
(c) Lian.
(d) Aracely.

11. What does everyone call Aracely in town?
(a) The brielle.
(b) The halle.
(c) The curandera.
(d) The rostram.

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

13. How does Miel know Aracely is upset with her?
(a) She kills all her flowers.
(b) She cries constantly.
(c) She throws out all the family photos.
(d) She keeps the door to her room closed.

14. What does Miel suddenly realize about Aracely in Part IV?
(a) She is really Leandro.
(b) She is Miel's mother.
(c) She is only an apparition, not a real person.
(d) She is really Miel's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Aracely's house?

2. Why does Sam decide not to go through with the lovesickness cure after all?

3. Who comes to school to defend Sam from the punishment the principal wants to give him?

4. What does Aracely tell Miel the water did for her?

5. How long had it been since anyone in Miel's family had shown roses growing from a body before Miel did?

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