Ch 11 - 12
The feeling Antonio had when he saw the carp was what he had expected God to do at his first holy communion.
A. True B. False
A. True
The priest agreed to let Tenorio have the mass for the dead and a church burial for his daughter?
A. True B. False
B. False
29. What did Andrew do when León and Eugene left?
A. He got a job with the highway.
C. He told his father he would go to California.
B. He went with them this time.
D. He got drunk and went to Rosie's.
B. He went with them this time.
What did Samuel think would make things easier for Florence?
A. He thought it would be easier if his parents would adopt Florence.
B. He thought it would be easier if Florence would become Catholic.
C. He thought it would be easier if Florence believed in the golden carp.
D. He thought it would be easier if Florence moved to another town.
C. He thought it would be easier if Florence believed in the golden carp.
What did Cico tell Antonio about God/gods?
A. He said there was no god at all, only beings imagined by people.
B. He said the golden carp was the only true god.
C. He said there were many gods-of beauty, of magic, of garden and backyards.
D. He said there was only one God, but he had many forms.
C. He said there were many gods-of beauty, of magic, of garden and backyards.
Antonio described his mother's definition of learning to sin. What was it?
A. She said it was having bad thoughts.
B. She said it was refusing to go to confession and communion.
C. She said that losing one's innocence and becoming a man was learning to sin.
C. She said that losing one's innocence and becoming a man was learning to sin.
Which of the following did not happen during the Christmas play?
A. Horse played the Virgin Mary.
C. Abel wet his pants.
B. Bones threw things at the audience.
D. Florence hit the light bulb and broke it.
B. Bones threw things at the audience.
What did Antonio think would help him understand his dreams and questions?
A. He thought he would understand after he made his communion.
B. He thought he would understand if Ultima taught him.
C. He thought he would understand when he was as old as his brothers.
D. He thought losing his innocence would help him understand.
A. He thought he would understand after he made his communion.
Which of the following describes one of the events that happened when Antonio was on his way to church for his first confession?
A. He thought he saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.
B. The other boys forced him to hear their confessions.
C. Horse beat up Bones.
D. Florence said he was going to make his communion along with the others.
B. The other boys forced him to hear their confessions.
What happened when the boys went to tell Florence about the golden carp?
A. He was glad to hear it, and went with them to see the carp.
C. He said he already knew all about it.
B. He invited them to swim with him.
D. They found out that he had dived into the water and had not come up.
D. They found out that he had dived into the water and had not come up.
What happened to Tenorio just as Ultima was going to take the test to prove she was not a witch?
Ultima's owl scratched out one of his eyes.
What was the effect of the priest's stand on Tenorio and the townspeople?
A. The people lost faith in the priest and asked him to leave town.
B. Tenorio had more influence on the people.
C. Tenorio was not able to influence the people any more.
D. The townspeople hated both the priest and Tenorio.
C. Tenorio was not able to influence the people any more.
The people thought a special event was causing the dust storms and harsh winter. What was the event?
A. They blamed it on the atomic bomb that had been exploded to the south of them.
B. They said Tenorio was casting a spell on them.
C. They thought Ultima was doing it to rid the area of demons.
D. They thought God was displeased with the fighting in their communities.
A. They blamed it on the atomic bomb that had been exploded to the south of them.
Describe the curse on the Téllez family near Agua Negra.
A. Any food they kept in the house went bad almost immediately.
B. They were all covered with boils, blisters, and rashes that would not heal.
C. Dishes and utensils were crashing and falling. Stones were falling from the sky.
D. They could hear someone wailing and crying, but could not see anyone.
C. Dishes and utensils were crashing and falling. Stones were falling from the sky.
Which of the following was not in Antonio's dream that night?
A. He dreamed about Narciso, Lupito, and Florence.
C. He saw a priest desecrating an altar with pigeons' blood.
B. He saw Cico turning into the golden carp. D. He saw Tenorio killing Ultima's night-spirit.
B. He saw Cico turning into the golden carp.
What was the test that Tenoria made Ultima take to prove if she was a witch or not?
She had to walk through a door marked with the sign of the cross.
The Luna uncles wanted Antonio's parents to let him spend the following summer on the farm with them, so they could teach him the ways of the Luna family. A. True B. False
A. True
What was the topic of the discussion between Florence and Antonio in Chapter 17?
A. They were discussing what they would do over the summer.
B. They were discussing what they thought the host would taste like.
C. They were discussing who would probably fail the catechism lessons.
D. They were discussing sin and forgiveness.
D. They were discussing sin and forgiveness.
How did Ultima remove the curse?
A. She went to the Comanche reservation and asked the chief for forgiveness.
B. She built a ring of yerba buena around the house to keep the spirits away.
C. She made three dolls and buried them in the ground near the house.
D. She had Gabriel and Téllez build a Comanche funeral platform. She placed three bundles on it and had the men set it all on fire. When all had burned, she said the curse was lifted
D. She had Gabriel and Téllez build a Comanche funeral platform. She placed three bundles on it and had the men set it all on fire. When all had burned, she said the curse was lifted
What did Gabriel say understanding was?
A. He said it was losing the innocence of childhood.
B. He said it was knowing and doing the right thing.
C. He said it was loving someone no matter what they did.
D. He said it was having sympathy for people.
D. He said it was having sympathy for people.
Who shamed the men who came with Tenorio when Tenorio wanted to take and kill Ultima?
Gabriel, Narciso or Antonio?
Narciso
What was Narciso's final destination after the incident in the bar with Tenorio and why?
A. He was going to the sheriff's office to get a warrant for Tenorio's arrest.
B. He was going home to tend to his wounds.
C. He was going to the church to ask for help from the priest.
D. He was going to the Márez home to warn Ultima that Tenorio was on his way.
D. He was going to the Márez home to warn Ultima that Tenorio was on his way.
Whom did Antonio meet on the way home from school, and what happened?
A. He met Cico and they went to see the golden carp.
B. He met Andrew, and they went to Rosie's together.
C. He met his father and they had a good talk on the way home.
D. He met Tenorio. Tenorio told him his second daughter was dying, and he would find a way to kill Ultima.
D. He met Tenorio. Tenorio told him his second daughter was dying, and he would find a way to kill Ultima.
Antonio's dream the night they returned from Agua Negra was about his brothers. What did he do to help them?
A. He went to Rosie's and made all of the girls go to confession and communion.
B. He took their livers and threw them into the River of the Carp. His brothers rested after that.
C. He told them not to worry, that he would take care of their parents.
D. He used some of Ultima's powers to take away the painful war memories.
B. He took their livers and threw them into the River of the Carp. His brothers rested after that.
What did Antonio think about the upcoming mass of the dead and burial for Ultima?
A. He thought they proved beyond a doubt that she was not a witch.
B. They gave him a sense of finality about her death.
C. He thought they were just the ceremony that was required by custom.
D. He thought it was wrong to do them, because she never said she wanted them.
C. He thought they were just the ceremony that was required by custom.