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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. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?
(a) Houdini.
(b) Blacamán the Bad.
(c) Pelayo.
(d) Lazarus.

2. What does Ulises's father smuggle?
(a) Necklaces.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Apples.
(d) Infants.

3. What device kills pain in "Blacamán"?
(a) A pogo stick.
(b) A hamster wheel.
(c) A battery-powered alarm clock.
(d) A sewing machine.

4. What is damaging Rebecca's screens?
(a) Vandals.
(b) The rain.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Birds.

5. What type of bird is supposed to live in the large bird cage?
(a) Robin.
(b) Curlew.
(c) Troupial.
(d) Canadian goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What follows Big Mama's funeral procession?

2. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?

3. What is the antivenom made of in "Blacamán"?

4. From what does Big Mama's doctor suffer?

5. What burns down the grandmother's house in "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the manner in which the old man leaves the town.

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

3. Why does Mina make roses?

4. Describe Balthazar's cage.

5. Summarize Big Mama's last words.

6. Describe what happens when the mother of the protagonist of "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" gets a new chair.

7. Summarize Damaso's experience in the pool hall as described in the beginning of "There Are No Thieves in This Town."

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

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

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

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