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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 Dorotea tell Juan she sees?
(a) Susana die.
(b) Abundio's ghost.
(c) Don Pedro crying.
(d) Her baby.

2. Who is the first person in line at confession in Comala?
(a) Eduviges.
(b) Dorotea.
(c) Ana.
(d) Damiana.

3. What does Pedro initially tell Father Rentería to do with Miguel when he is a baby?
(a) Make him become a priest.
(b) Give him to Dolores to raise.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Give him to Eduviges to raise.

4. Where does Father Rentería go on his walk after Miguel's death?
(a) The Media Luna ranch.
(b) The home of his parents.
(c) Miguel's grave.
(d) Contla.

5. How does Abundio's wife die?
(a) She is murdered.
(b) From complications after childbirth.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Father Rentería want Susana to repeat?

2. How does Father Rentería's confessor suggest the priest deals with sin in Comala?

3. Why does El Tilcuate want to disband his men?

4. How long does don Pedro wait for Susana's return?

5. Why doesn't anyone come to mourn for Susana's mother after her death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does don Pedro want Susana's father to disappear in the mines?

2. What does Gerardo's wife tell him before he visits don Pedro?

3. What deal does don Pedro make with Susana's father?

4. What does doña Inés want Abundio to tell his dead wife?

5. Why doesn't Abundio's wife get last rites?

6. How does don Pedro deal with Susana's death?

7. What does Justina tell Susana she is going to tell don Pedro when he comes?

8. Describe the night Susana learns of Florencio's death.

9. Why doesn't don Pedro's lawyer continue holding his papers after he leaves?

10. What does Father Rentería describe to Susana as she lay dying?

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