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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will Antonio be spending his upcoming summer.
(a) With the Luna brothers in El Puerto.
(b) With his father in the highway department.
(c) With Ultima walking the river.
(d) With his brothers in Santa Fe.

2. In his dream, what does God tell Antonio about forgiveness?
(a) God chooses who will be punished.
(b) God strikes the wicked.
(c) God forgives only the good.
(d) God forgives all no matter one's personal whims.

3. Who is with Narcisco when he takes his last breath?
(a) Andrew
(b) Antonio
(c) Tenorio
(d) Manuelito

4. What does Tony think would happen after his received the communion host?
(a) His questions to God will be answered.
(b) He would receive a new rosary.
(c) Florence would believe in God.
(d) He would begin his education for priesthood.

5. What is the coroner's ruling of Narcisco's death?
(a) Accidential or self-inflicted.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Infanticide.

6. What do the Luna brothers ask Antonio's parents before they leave El Puerto?
(a) Ultima stay to watch over Lucas.
(b) Antonio's mother could stay through winter.
(c) Antonio and Ultima could help their father.
(d) Antonio spend a summer working the land.

7. What are mortal sins?
(a) Grave sins such as murder.
(b) Sins against the church.
(c) Small sins such as lying.
(d) Sins committed to Purgatory.

8. What question does Antonio have about God?
(a) Will la Virgen de Guadalupe return?
(b) Will God bring his brothers back home?
(c) Will God punish Tenorio?
(d) Will God take Narcisco up to heaven?

9. What happens to Horse during the Stations of the Cross?
(a) He hiccups
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He vomits
(d) He screams

10. What does Antonio see in his nightmares in Chapter 16?
(a) Ultima lying in a coffin.
(b) The owl plucking Tenorio's other eye.
(c) Tenorio's dead daughter.
(d) Tenorio shooting Ultima.

11. When is the first day of eternity?
(a) When the town gets sucked into the water.
(b) When the owl has plucked every berry from a juniper tree.
(c) When a bird has moved every grain of sand across the ocean.
(d) When all the brujas are dead.

12. What is Antonio's duty now that he was a Christian?
(a) To participate in the Stations of the Cross.
(b) To attend church every Sunday.
(c) To remind his parents to contribute to the Sunday collection.
(d) To regularly confess his sins.

13. What does Antonio wonder after Andrew leaves with his brothers for Santa Fe in Chapter 15?
(a) Andrew broke up with his girlfriend.
(b) Andrew was fired from his job at Allen's Market.
(c) Andrew needed money.
(d) The death of Narcisco influenced Andrew's decision.

14. What do the children want Antonio to?
(a) Force him to attend the Stations of the Cross.
(b) Force him to be the first in the confessional line.
(c) Force him to hear other's confession.
(d) Force him to kiss the small crucifix.

15. Why does Antonio believe God comes in cycles?
(a) God moves like the ocean waves.
(b) God can change the seasons.
(c) God moves like the moon's orbit.
(d) God comes and goes at various times in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ultima believe would do Antonio much good after seeing much death?

2. What does Ultima tell the men to make to ward off the evil curse?

3. What does Antonio tell Tenorio will happen if he harms Ultima?

4. Who does Cico and Antonio believe is ready to learn about the golden carp?

5. What happened to Florence's mother?

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