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100
This is old Antonio is when Ultima comes to live with his family.
What is "almost 7"?
100

This is the name of town that Maria and Gabriel moved to.

What is Guadalupe?

100
This animal symbolizes the connection between all religion, sacred and pagan. Antonio struggles between belief in this animal and the beliefs he was taught by the Church.
What is the Golden Carp?
100

Antonio's sisters

Who are Deborah and Maria.

100
This word means, "having a strong smell or a powerfully sharp or bitter taste."
What is pungent?
200
A curandera, this character knows Antonio's destiny, and trains him to find connection with both sides of his family.
Who is Ultima?
200

Many people believe Ultima practices this.

What is witchcraft?

200
This family, like the sea, had a hard time staying in one place for too long. They were vaqueros, and moved over the land and sea to find their destinies.
What are the Marez?
200

Antonio's 3 brothers.

Who are Leon, Eugene and Andrew

200
This word means, "a real or pretended display of courage or boldness."
What is bravado?
300
These characters are represented by giants in Antonio's dreams, come home from war, only to leave again, crushing Gabriel's dreams of moving the family to California.
Who are Antonio's brothers? Andrew Leon Eugene
300

The name of the folktale related to the loss of loved ones in a river.

What is la llorona?

300
This symbolic animal represents the spirit of Ultima and watches over Antonio as he grows up. It blinds Tenorio, but he gets his revenge and shoots it.
What is Ultima's owl?
300

Lupito's death begins Antonio's fascination with this, which washes away all blood/sins/sadness.

What is the river?

300
This word means, "to rebuke somebody mildly but earnestly."
What is admonish?
400

The boys who become friends with Antonio.

Abel, Bones, Hiorse and Viatmin Kid

400
In Antonio's second dream his brothers are seen as this.

What are 3 giants?

400
This clan, which was 'silent like the moon', tended the farmlands of El Puerto and found connection to the earth they farmed.
What is the Lunas?
400

War veteran who suffers from mental health problems.

Who is Lupito?

400
This word means, "an indication that something, often something unpleasant, is going to happen."
What is portent?
500

Person shot on the bridge.

Who is Lupito?

500

Ultima's answer to Maria regarding Antonio's fate.

What is he will be a man of learning?

500
This figure, which Maria prays to often, symbolizes the merging of cultures and religions - particularly the merging of native Latino and Catholic traditions.
What is the Virgin of Guadalupe?
500

The town drunk.

Who is Narciso?

500
This word means, "serenely beautiful, untroubled, and happy."
What is idyllic?