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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 does the Marez family do at the end of supper?
(a) Harvest alfalfa to feed the rabbits.
(b) Pray the rosary.
(c) Go to Guadalupe to attend Mass.
(d) Read books.

2. Why is the blood of spring called bad blood?
(a) It causes an equinox.
(b) It raises the dark insides restless where it laid all winter.
(c) It causes the animals to grow restless.
(d) It causes the blood of winter to clot.

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

4. What are Antonio's brothers doing in town?
(a) Selling cattle.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Working in a factory.
(d) Getting into trouble.

5. Where does the Marez family go every autumn?
(a) El Puerto, where their mother's family lived.
(b) They visit Jason's family, bringing alfalfa and herbs
(c) Guadalupe, to sell their produce at market.
(d) Mexico, to visit their grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Antonio see his brothers once they returned from war?

2. What plant provides the greatest magical power?

3. What is the significance of the chipped plaster on the Virgin's statue?

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

5. What feeling does Tony have after his brothers head toward town in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sights and sounds of harvest time in El Puerto.

2. Describe the events surrounding the curse of Lucas.

3. How did Jason confuse Antonio about making magic?

4. Describe how Antonio becomes one of the gang?

5. What does Leon appear to be suffering from?

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

7. Describe the different forms of evil as Ultima rids Lucas of the brujas curse.

8. What is Antonio's advantage of having his cubicle at the top of the stairs?

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

10. What is special about the arrival of Ultima into the Marez home?

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