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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, A Time of Miracles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is the strike successful?
(a) Yes, but women got paid less than men.
(b) The story does not mention the outcome of the strike.
(c) No, it was not successful.
(d) Yes, women got paid equal to men.

2. Towards the end of Chapter 7, what do the soldiers do in response to the angry crowds they see in the village?
(a) They flee from the village.
(b) They attack those who are rising against them.
(c) They taunt the angry crowds.
(d) They do nothing and wait for the villagers to calm down.

3. Why do the Mexican workers work under such horrible conditions?
(a) They needed work very badly.
(b) All are correct.
(c) They were at the mercy of American employers that were having difficulties of their own.
(d) They did not have many options for employment.

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

5. Why are the people in the village leaving to find work in other areas?
(a) Because a new, larger mine is opening up in another city.
(b) Because the Americans shut down the mine.
(c) Because they are sick of working for the Americans.
(d) Because the war is coming to their village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?

2. Why are Lupe and her sisters refused pay when they are working in the fields?

3. Who is eloping with Maria?

4. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?

5. Why does La Liebre decide to have Victoriano hanged in the town square?

(see the answer key)

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