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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Ultima and Antonio witness while sitting in the shade of the alamos of the river?
(a) The owl carrying Lupito's soul.
(b) The sky adorned with la Virgen de Guadalupe's horned moon.
(c) The presence with its secret message.
(d) The river change colors.

3. 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.

4. Whose voice does Antonio wake to in Chapter 5?
(a) Antonio's mother.
(b) Ultima.
(c) Theresa.
(d) Pedro.

5. Why does the owl cry out in alarm in Chapter 7?
(a) To announce the end of the war.
(b) To warn of Lupito's ghost.
(c) To warn that Antonio's brothers were arriving home.
(d) To warn Antonio his dream was over.

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

7. What did Manuelito try to do?
(a) Throw a fireball into the witches' dance.
(b) Warn Lucas to stay away from the evil place .
(c) Clear cottonwood brush from the river bend.
(d) Follow the stray cows to the evil place.

8. What does the owl do when Antonio and Ultima walk together along the river?
(a) The owl hoots that fish are swelling in the river stream.
(b) The owl warns that the Antonio and Ultima should return to the Marez home.
(c) The owl warns that peaceful times were ending.
(d) The owl flew west toward California.

9. What does Antonio question Ultima about the fate of Luptio?
(a) He asks Ultima if the men in the town will go to jail.
(b) Antonio asks whether or not Lupito will go to hell.
(c) He asks Ultima if she will take him into town for school next autumn.
(d) Antonio wonders if he will be able to go to catechism lessons in church after witnessing aman's murder.

10. What does Antonio tell Miss Maestas the first day of school?
(a) He can't speak English.
(b) He can tie his shoes.
(c) He can read Spanish.
(d) He can pray the rosary.

11. Why is Antonio's father angry with his mother after he spends nights drinking with his friends?
(a) He feels Maria will force Antonio to become a priest.
(b) He feels Maria will force home to go to Mass.
(c) He feels Maria has forced him to stay close to the land.
(d) He feels Maria will tell Ultima he witnessed Lupito's death.

12. What does Antonio believe will happen to the men on the bridge?
(a) He believes they will drown in the river's water.
(b) Antonio believes they will suffer images of Lupito's death.
(c) Antonio believes Lupito's family will murder them.
(d) He believes because they have murdered another man, they will be doomed to hell.

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

14. What happens when someone tampers with the fate of a man?
(a) It sets off a series of events which no one has control.
(b) One turns into a brujas.
(c) One will transform into a carp.
(d) It sets off a curse which ends with death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Ultima use to rid Lucas of the Trementina daughters' curse?

2. What does Antonio wear on his first day of school?

3. What future does Antonio's mother believe an education will provide Antonio?

4. Why does Antonio fear Horse will do to him in the playground before Mass?

5. Which brother is considered most like Antonio's mother?

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