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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career choices do Antonio's brothers believe they are limited to?
(a) Moving to El Puerto to work with their uncles.
(b) Living on the llano or working in Guadalupe.
(c) Becoming a priest or going to school.
(d) Moving to California or working on the highway.

2. What is special about the homes in El Puerto?
(a) Each has a driveway.
(b) Each faces the river.
(c) Each has a small flower garden in the front.
(d) Each has an apple orchard.

3. What supplies does Antonio bring on his first day of school?
(a) Chief tablet.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Crayons.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why does the Marez family refer to Ultima as la Grande?
(a) La Grande is a term of endearment.
(b) La Grande is Ultima's middle name.
(c) La Grande refers to the part of the country which Ultima was born.
(d) It is a nickname.

5. What occupation was Antonio's father before marrying his mother?
(a) Vaquero.
(b) Curandera.
(c) Rancheros.
(d) Tejanos.

6. Who comforts Antonio when he awakes from his dream of his mother crying for the return of her sons.
(a) Ultima.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Antonio's mother.
(d) Antonio's father.

7. Why does Antonio's mother agree to bring la Grande Ultima into her home?
(a) La Grande Ultima pays to live with the Marez family.
(b) La Grande Ultima is the Marez grandmother.
(c) La grande Ultima helped Antonio's mother raise her family when they lived on the llano.
(d) Antonio's mother was told by villagers she must bring la Grande Ultima into her home.

8. What characteristic does Antonio's father understand about Marez blood?
(a) It is bound to the land.
(b) It does not clot.
(c) It grows restless.
(d) It bleeds red.

9. What happened to Pedro's family?
(a) His wife left him and she took his children.
(b) His wife died and he had no children.
(c) His wife and children died in a tragic accident.
(d) He never married.

10. What is Antonio driven to accomplish at school?
(a) Playing ball with his friends.
(b) Sitting in the front of the classroom.
(c) Learning to speak English.
(d) Understanding reading and writing.

11. Who are the boys who befriend Antonio during the first few months of school?
(a) Vitamin Kid and Horse.
(b) George and Vitamin Kid.
(c) George and Willy.
(d) Jason and Horse.

12. What does Antonio wear on his first day of school?
(a) Jacket.
(b) Rosary.
(c) Sombero.
(d) Shoes.

13. What future does Antonio's mother believe an education will provide Antonio?
(a) Becoming a businessman.
(b) Becoming a scholarly priest.
(c) Becoming a landowner.
(d) Becoming a government official.

14. What does Antonio's father attempt to do when the crowd of men finally find Lupito?
(a) He tries to tell the men to return to their homes.
(b) He tries to thwart their attempts to shoot Lupito.
(c) He attempts to lead the men off the bridge.
(d) Antonio's father attempts to swim after Lupito in the river.

15. During Antonio's dream in Chapter 7, what do his brothers see in their travels both east and west?
(a) Land of the golden carp.
(b) Llano.
(c) California.
(d) Land of milk and honey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Antonio's grandfather's house special?

2. Why does Antonio's father not like priests?

3. What is the significance of the color black the women wore in Chapter 3?

4. What plant provides the greatest magical power?

5. What name does Pedro call Antonio?

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