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

2. Which of his daughters accompanies Don Victor back to the lowlands?
(a) Carlota.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Lupe.
(d) Socorro.

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

4. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her best friend.

5. Victoriano is badly beaten after trying to defend what from the bandits?
(a) His dog.
(b) The gold his family has collected.
(c) His sister.
(d) A food he has just hunted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because of their efforts in starting a strike, what happens to Lupe and her sisters as employees?

3. Who is eloping with Maria?

4. Is the strike successful?

5. Which powerful person is killed by Victoriano?

(see the answer key)

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