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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. How many months' worth of silver does Mr. Gould bring back to the harbor?
(a) Four months
(b) Eight months
(c) Two years
(d) Six months

2. Which character in this chapter is said to be always deeply in debt?
(a) Barrios
(b) Don Jose
(c) Mrs. Gould
(d) Decoud

3. From what American city do the Holroyds come?
(a) San Francisco
(b) New Orleans
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

4. Who does Gould have to send a decree to to build villages near the mine?
(a) The President
(b) The Minister of Foreign Affairs
(c) The Ambassador
(d) Minister of the Interior

5. Who does Mrs. Gould invite into her carriage?
(a) Ribiera
(b) Don Jose
(c) Decoud
(d) Barrios

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Don Jose under Guzman?

2. At whose house does a party take place in this chapter?

3. What do the Americans have to cut through to get to the mine?

4. What do the Costaguana locals think that Martin Decoud has?

5. What is Joseph Mitchell's rank?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Goulds settle into Sulaco?

2. How do Antonia and Decoud's opinion on the revolution differ?

3. What is Giorgio's idea of revolution?

4. What is the history of the silver mine as outlined in Chapter 6, Part 1?

5. What is the Costaguanian idea of revolution?

6. Describe the Isabel Islands.

7. In what way does this chapter highlight Ribiera's weaknesses?

8. What is the chairman trying to do to build his railway?

9. What do you think the silver mine represents?

10. Why is Ribiera important to the industrialists?

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