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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?
(a) They are only allowed to stay for six months out of the year.
(b) No digging allowed, they can only take rocks at the surface.
(c) They must not impose on the community.
(d) They must pay taxes to the community to live there.

2. Who is the mayor's eldest daughter?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Rose-Mary.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Maria.

3. Why does the first owner sell the spring?
(a) The war makes it too dangerous.
(b) He has to move back to his home country.
(c) The nuggets are depleted.
(d) He does not sell it. It is stolen.

4. Where do Dona Guadalupe and her children hide when the army horsemen come through their canyon?
(a) A cave under the large boulder.
(b) In the mine.
(c) A secret basement in their small house.
(d) On a high cliff in the canyon.

5. What does the midwife say about the pain tolerance of men?
(a) That men cannot stand pain as women can.
(b) That men have a much higher pain tolerance then women.
(c) That men feel no pain whatsoever.
(d) That the only pain men feel is the pain of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the Mexican Revolution start?

2. How many babies does Socorro give birth to?

3. What warning does Dona Guadalupe give to her youngest daughter Lupe early in the story?

4. Who does the second owner sell the mine to?

5. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?

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