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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 is the date when Joaquin leaves for his journey?
(a) December twenty-second.
(b) December twenty-fifth.
(c) January third.
(d) January first.

2. What does the name Tao mean?
(a) Journey.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Riches.
(d) Anger.

3. Who says: "You must allow the man to feel superior"?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Rose.
(c) Mama Fresia.
(d) Jeremy.

4. What does Jeremy find in his bottle of brandy?
(a) Water.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Ashes.
(d) A dead lizard.

5. What does Joaquin steal to sell in order to make money for his journey?
(a) Tools.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Guns.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Eliza first sees Joaquin?

2. Who is determined that Eliza will enroll in Madame Colbert's school?

3. How many daughters does Agustin have?

4. What does Tao Chi'en give to Eliza to help her hide her identity?

5. How does Tao Chi'en's sister die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paulina's business venture differ from those of other people who plan to make money off of trade to California?

2. How does James feel about falling in love with a loose woman like Esther?

3. Explain the roles of John, Jeremy, and Rose within the household.

4. What does Jacob Todd think of Rose when he first meets her?

5. Why does Michael storm out of the Sommers' home never to return?

6. Why does Eliza begin to doubt that Joaquin Murieta was her lover, Joaquin?

7. What does Tao Chi'en learn about happiness from his second owner, the zhong yi?

8. How does Eliza feel about the abortion that Mama Fresia wants to perform?

9. How does fate intervene for Eliza at the end of "The News"?

10. Why does Feliciano think it is pointless for Paulina to have a bank account in her name?

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