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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, The Crying Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Victoriano looking through the discarded ore for gold?
(a) He is trying to get enough gold to make a ring.
(b) His mother needs help paying the bills.
(c) He wants to be a successful businessman.
(d) He is deliberately trying to anger the Americans.

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

3. Why is Juan trying to sell firewood?
(a) Because he likes selling firewood.
(b) Because his father used to sell firewood as well.
(c) Because without money the family will starve.
(d) He wants to be a small business owner.

4. How is the time of day described when Socorro is giving birth?
(a) The rain is storming outside.
(b) It is a dark night with no moon or stars for light.
(c) There is a full moon.
(d) The sun is blazing in the sky.

5. Who does Don Benito feel that he needs to impress in Chapter 3?
(a) Victoriano.
(b) Don Manuel.
(c) Dona Guadalupe.
(d) Colonel Maytorena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of land are Don Castro and his companions looking for to start their new community?

2. How many babies does Socorro give birth to?

3. Why are the people in the village leaving to find work in other areas?

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

5. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?

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