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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 causes the ghost ship to disappear in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship"?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) Catarino's shouting.
(c) Light from the lighthouse.
(d) Dawn.

2. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Goats.
(d) Roaches.

3. Where did Onésimo Sánchez go to university?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Göttingen.
(d) University of Santiago.

4. How old is Father Anthony Isabel?
(a) Ninety-four.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Eighty-five.
(d) Ninety.

5. For what is Mina searching at the beginning of "Artificial Roses"?
(a) Her sleeves.
(b) Keys.
(c) The oven manual.
(d) A kitten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal is often in Tobías's bed in "The Sea of Lost Time"?

2. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man," how many languages does the captain in the villagers' daydream speak?

3. What explodes in "Innocent Eréndira"?

4. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?

5. Of whom did José Montiel give the church a picture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the missionaries kidnap Eréndira, and what do they do with her?

2. How do the women believe Esteban's compatriots must have felt about him?

3. Why is the boy traveling in "One Day After Saturday"?

4. How did the villagers think of José Montiel, and why?

5. What do the birds do in "One Day After Saturday," and why?

6. Describe some of the people who come to Big Mama's funeral.

7. Describe the drowned man in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."

8. What does Damaso plan to do with the stolen goods, and what becomes of his plans?

9. Explain how the narrator of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles" discovers he can perform miracles.

10. Explain how the grandmother of "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother" dies.

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