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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Antonio the war is over?
(a) Antonio's mother.
(b) Prudencio.
(c) Ultima.
(d) Miss Maestas.

2. How did the war change Antonio's brothers?
(a) They had to help Antonio's father with the farm.
(b) They had to marry.
(c) They had to go abck to school.
(d) They had to live their own lives.

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

4. What does Ultima bring with her that provides warm memories for Antonio?
(a) A hat box with special treats.
(b) A large trunk filled with her fragrant herbs.
(c) A colored shawl with medicinal charms.
(d) A black dress with hidden pockets.

5. Why does Antonio's father not like priests?
(a) Antonio's father had seen a priest beat his grandfather.
(b) Antonio's grandfather had beaten a priest for preaching against his grandfather.
(c) Antonio's grandfather did not approve of priests.
(d) Antonio's father had beaten a priest after an argument.

6. Where doesLupito hide from his pursuers?
(a) He ran to the Marez family home.
(b) Under the state policeman's car.
(c) On the bridge over the river.
(d) In the muddy waters of the river.

7. Why does Antonio's mother look forward to visiting El Puerto?
(a) She could pray the rosary.
(b) She could collect special herbs.
(c) She will be surrounded by her Luna family.
(d) She could see the Virgin's horned moon.

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

9. Who gave Ultima her powers?
(a) Las Pasturas.
(b) Prudencio.
(c) Manuelito.
(d) El Hombre Volador.

10. When will Juan bring Antonio back to El Puerto?
(a) After he grows up.
(b) After his catechism class.
(c) After his first communion.
(d) After he finishes first grade.

11. What answer does Ultima give Antonio when he asks how his father can take communion after witnessing a man's death?
(a) All Marez men can take communion under any circumstance.
(b) Antonio's father has taken catechism class.
(c) Men of the llano would not take the life of another llano without just cause.
(d) Men of the llano take communion after going to penance.

12. Why does an upset Chavez go to the Marez home?
(a) Chavez wants Antonio's father to kill the sheriff.
(b) Chavez wants to have the Marez brother find his brother's killer.
(c) Chavez wants Antonio's father to help him find his brother's killer.
(d) Antonio's father could help Chavez find the sheriff.

13. Who does Antonio see in his dream in Chapter 2?
(a) He sees his three brothers telling him to stay and become a farmer-priest.
(b) He hears his mother begging Antonio's father to build a castle across the river.
(c) He sees Ultima begging for Lupito's mercy.
(d) He sees the Marez brothers chasing wild horses.

14. Who do Antonio's uncles communicate with?
(a) Prudencio when the apple orchard was ready for harvest.
(b) Maria about Antonio's future as a priest.
(c) Their wives about the growing plants.
(d) The growing plants as they walked the fields and orchards.

15. Where is Pedro going to take Antonio?
(a) El Puerto.
(b) Guadalupe.
(c) Apple orchard.
(d) River of the Carp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fear of the church?

2. What does Cico tell Tony never to do in Chapter 11?

3. What characteristic does Antonio's father understand about Marez blood?

4. Which of Antonio's brothers is the oldest?

5. Who do the brothers believe will be the answer to their career dilemma?

(see the answer keys)

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