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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan use to bundle up the firewood he has collected?
(a) Dried out long grass.
(b) A long palm leaf.
(c) His belt.
(d) A small string.

2. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?
(a) She needs to move and cannot take them all with her.
(b) She is angry and wants to say good-bye to him forever.
(c) She recognizes that she should donate them to others.
(d) She is going to buy him all new clothes for his return.

3. Which powerful person is killed by Victoriano?
(a) Don Tiburcio.
(b) Colonel Maytorena.
(c) La Liebre.
(d) Don Manuel.

4. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?
(a) By housing the miners.
(b) By selling their portion of the mine.
(c) By selling fruit in town.
(d) By feeding the miners.

5. What job does Dona Margarita get so that she can feed her family?
(a) She gets a job as a seamstress in town.
(b) She does not have a job, she begs in the city.
(c) She is a housecleaner.
(d) She is a worker in a small market.

6. Who does the second owner sell the mine to?
(a) A large American mining company.
(b) A British oil company.
(c) The Mexican Federales.
(d) Espirito's grandchildren.

7. What horrible thing has happened to Juan's sister Emilia?
(a) She lost her voice forever.
(b) She was run over by a horse.
(c) She was raped by soldiers.
(d) She was sick with fever.

8. What Indian tribe is Leonides Camargo fighting against?
(a) Puebla.
(b) Oaxaca.
(c) Yakuis.
(d) Zapotec.

9. What year does the Mexican Revolution start?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1908.

10. Why does La Liebre decide to have Victoriano hanged in the town square?
(a) He thinks the ore he has is more valuable than it is.
(b) He and Victoriano are fighting over the same woman.
(c) He is angry because the boy talked back to him in a crowd.
(d) Just because.

11. What has the mine been named?
(a) La Lluvia de Oro.
(b) Plata del Mundo.
(c) El Rio Urique.
(d) El Camino Real.

12. What town does Don Victor tell Guadalupe about and convince her to go with him?
(a) Rancho Cucamonga.
(b) Juarez.
(c) El Paso.
(d) La Lluvia de Oro.

13. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?
(a) They sense the impending doom coming.
(b) They can hear the Federales approaching.
(c) It is feeding time and they are hungry.
(d) They are responding to her screams.

14. What is Colonel Maytorena's job while in Lupe's town?
(a) He is in charge of building a road out of the valley.
(b) He is there to become the next mayor of the town.
(c) He is in charge of the mine for the American company.
(d) He is stationed to oversee the military presence in the valley.

15. How many men start the new community with Don Castro?
(a) 45 men.
(b) 48 men.
(c) 52 men.
(d) 50 men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Juan Salvador's youngest brother?

2. Many years after the new community is settled, how does the revolution affect this small community?

3. Who makes fun of Lupe in front of the whole class on her first day at school?

4. Which of his daughters accompanies Don Victor back to the lowlands?

5. What does Juan realize as he goes to carry the wood back to the city?

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