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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. Why does Miel remember that her mother sometimes forced her under the water?
(a) To help Miel search for fish the family needed for food.
(b) To help her with her diving.
(c) As part of Miel's mother's illness.
(d) To try to rid her of the roses, and, her mother believed, their curse.

2. What kind of pumpkin does Miel set in the water?
(a) A Lumina.
(b) An Estrella.
(c) A Cinderella.
(d) An Early Girl.

3. 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.

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

5. Who does Sam sometimes help that Miel appeals to to try to stop the Bonners' terrible plot?
(a) Peyton.
(b) James.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Ivy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam's mother used to say about his attitudes towards gender identity?

2. Who does Peyton really like to kiss?

3. What does Aracely say when Miel asks her how they ended up in this town?

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

5. What does Miel suddenly remember about her father in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sam tell he is quitting work at the Bonner farm, and why?

2. How has Sam helped Peyton Bonner in the past?

3. What does Miel discover at the lighting that makes her angry with Sam and Aracely?

4. What does Miel realize the water did to Leandro that it did not do to her?

5. What do Sam and Miel do together in Part IV at Sam's house?

6. What does Sam tell Miel when she says she has always loved him?

7. Why does Sam think Miel is not in school in Part III?

8. What do the Bonner sisters threaten Miel with in Part III if she does not give them what they want?

9. What does Aracely tell Miel about the history of powers in their family?

10. What happens to Miel at the lighting?

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