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

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

3. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?
(a) Don Victor.
(b) Emmanuel.
(c) Don Tiburcio.
(d) Victoriano.

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

5. Which of Lupe's sisters organizes a strike so that women can get paid for the work they do?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Carlota.
(d) Luisa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do the Mexican workers work under such horrible conditions?

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

5. What area are Lupe and her sisters working in when they decide to strike?

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