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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. What area are Lupe and her sisters working in when they decide to strike?
(a) Southern California.
(b) Central New Mexico.
(c) Eastern Arizona.
(d) Central California.

2. 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.

3. Why are Lupe and her sisters refused pay when they are working in the fields?
(a) Because they argue with the foreman too much.
(b) Because they are poor workers.
(c) Because they damage the produce as they pick them.
(d) Because they are women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?

2. Who is eloping with Maria?

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

4. Which of Lupe's sisters organizes a strike so that women can get paid for the work they do?

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

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