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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the man and the woman remember hearing Juan say?
(a) That he is a traveling musician.
(b) Something about his father.
(c) That he is a ghost.
(d) That he is indebted to a local landowner.

2. What is it that Fulgor wants to remember to tell don Pedro about his upcoming marriage?
(a) To give Dolores money.
(b) To buy a new suit.
(c) To have the judge put the property in joint ownership.
(d) To find a place to honeymoon.

3. Why does Dolores try to delay her wedding to Pedro?
(a) She is afraid to lose her virginity.
(b) She is menstruating.
(c) She has a date with someone else.
(d) She wants to wait until her sister can attend the wedding.

4. Where does Juan tell the woman that he is headed?
(a) Media Luna.
(b) Los Confines.
(c) Contla.
(d) Sayula.

5. What is unusual about the man and woman that Juan meets in the ramshackle house?
(a) They can't speak.
(b) They have horrible facial scars.
(c) They are identical twins.
(d) They are naked.

6. What happens to Pedro's father?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He joins the revolution.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He decides to marry another woman.

7. Where is Miguel's spirit been seen in the first days after his death?
(a) At Eduviges' house.
(b) In the sky.
(c) At Media Luna.
(d) In Contla at the home of his lady friend.

8. What do Juan and the burro driver have in common?
(a) They are in love with the same woman.
(b) They have the same father.
(c) They have the same mother.
(d) They both are miners.

9. Who is the old woman that comes into the house?
(a) Damiana Cisneros.
(b) Juan's mother.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) Eduviges.

10. What is Eduviges' house full of?
(a) Cats.
(b) Other people's things.
(c) Her paintings.
(d) Plants.

11. What makes Ana believe it is Miguel Páramo who rapes her?
(a) She has a dream that it is him.
(b) Her uncle tells her it is him.
(c) He tells her his name.
(d) He looks like him.

12. Where is Juan planning on staying while in Comala?
(a) At the Media Luna ranch.
(b) At the burro driver's house.
(c) At the church.
(d) Doña Eduviges' house.

13. When Fulgor Sedano visits don Pedro for the second time, how many black bows are hanging on his door?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. What is the name of the shopkeeper?
(a) Doña Inés Villalpando.
(b) Justina Díaz.
(c) Damiana Cisneros.
(d) Eduviges Dyada.

15. What is Damiana's sister's name?
(a) Susana.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Eduviges.
(d) Sixtina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Damiana do when she happens upon a wake?

2. What does the boy's grandmother want him to do for her?

3. Where is Doña Eduviges' house located?

4. Where does Juan first meet the burro driver?

5. What is Inocencio Osorio's nickname?

(see the answer keys)

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