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

2. What unique feature did the tunas have?
(a) Its sap is tacky and stringy.
(b) Its leaves leave dye on your hands.
(c) Its thorns leave cuts on your hand.
(d) Its fuzzy spots made your fingers and tongue itch.

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

4. Where did Antonio's mother want his father to buy land?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Llano Estacado.
(c) Along the river.
(d) El Puerto.

5. Which brother is considered most like Antonio's mother?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Leon.
(c) Jason.
(d) Eugene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antonio's mother call him a luna?

2. How does Horse gain his nickname?

3. What are the contents of the note Miss Maestas sends to Antonio's mother?

4. What did Ultima teach Antonio about the river?

5. What happens when someone tampers with the fate of a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Marez brothers anxious to leave their family?

2. What do the Marez brothers do once they return home in Chapter 8?

3. What is the significance of Ash Wednesday and Lent to Catholics?

4. What questions of good and evil does Antonio wrestle with in Chapter 16?

5. What happens to Florence while swimming at Blue Lake?

6. What is Antonio's father's dream now that his sons have returned home from war?

7. What is the importance of the scapular?

8. Describe the tale of the golden carp.

9. What is the importance of Antonio receiving his First Communion on Easter Sunday?

10. What is meant by the phrase "men of the earth"?

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