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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 did Felicia do in Tome?
(a) She was a caretaker of the House of God.
(b) She preached the gospel.
(c) She babysat relatives' children.
(d) She cleaned homes.

2. Who helps Francisco make his first bulto?
(a) A holy spirit.
(b) Caridad.
(c) Sofi.
(d) Pedro.

3. Whose veins "run with the blood of the land"?
(a) Maria's.
(b) Helena's.
(c) Mary Magdalene's.
(d) Sofi's.

4. How long after their daughter's baptism did Domingo leave his family?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) One day.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Ten years.

5. How do Felicia and Caridad treat ailments?
(a) With prescription medicine.
(b) Dipping patients in the river.
(c) With herbs and massages.
(d) Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Francisco have a brief affair?

2. Who does Felicia find outside the trailer?

3. How did Felicia's mother die?

4. What happens on Maria and Helena's way to Truchas?

5. Who shows up at the family's home at the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to La Loca when Fe asks her to teach her how to cook?

2. Why do Fe and Casimiro decide to have a small wedding?

3. Castillo includes the quote at the end of Chapter 5: "Poor Mexico! So Far From God, and so close to the United States." What do you think this quote means?

4. Do you think Francisco is a likable character? Why or why not?

5. How does Caridad "reject men and embrace spirituality" in Chapter 2?

6. What effect does Fe's death have on La Loca?

7. How does the author use humor in Chapter 1?

8. How is La Loca depicted as a sort of embodiment of Jesus?

9. Describe the trances Caridad begins to experience in Chapter 2 and the specific things she foresees.

10. What is the purpose of M.O.M.A.S.?

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