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

3. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?
(a) A heavy hatchet.
(b) An old pistol.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A large dagger.

4. 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 thinks the ore he has is more valuable than it is.
(c) He and Victoriano are fighting over the same woman.
(d) Just because.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?

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

3. Towards the end of Chapter 7, what do the soldiers do in response to the angry crowds they see in the village?

4. Which powerful person is killed by Victoriano?

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

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