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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. Who do the brothers believe will be the answer to their career dilemma?
(a) Serrano.
(b) Prudencio.
(c) Ultima.
(d) Tony.

2. 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 tell Ultima he witnessed Lupito's death.
(c) He feels Maria will force home to go to Mass.
(d) He feels Maria has forced him to stay close to the land.

3. Why does Narcisco plant his garden by the light of the moon?
(a) He waits for the moonlight to sow his seeds.
(b) The sun is too hot during the day.
(c) He waits until the farmers return from llano.
(d) He waits until the bad blood of spring washes away.

4. Why does Antonio's mother agree to bring la Grande Ultima into her home?
(a) Antonio's mother was told by villagers she must bring la Grande Ultima into her home.
(b) La grande Ultima helped Antonio's mother raise her family when they lived on the llano.
(c) La Grande Ultima is the Marez grandmother.
(d) La Grande Ultima pays to live with the Marez family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio question Ultima about the fate of Luptio?

2. What does Antonio tell Miss Maestas the first day of school?

3. What does the Marez family do at the end of supper?

4. Antonio lives at home with his parents and two sisters. Where are his three brothers?

5. What happens to Antonio once he eats one of Narcisco's carrots?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Ultima tell Antonio Tenorio must do?

2. What questions does Antonio wonder about communion?

3. What was the significance of Blue Lake for Tony?

4. What are Ultima's greatest strengths?

5. What is the allure of Narcisco's garden?

6. Why is Florence's confession shocking to the other school children?

7. Describe Antonio's dilemma as he grows up in Chapter 4.

8. Describe how Antonio becomes one of the gang?

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

10. What is the significance of Antonio seeing his brothers in his dream?

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