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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, The Hand of God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of land are Don Castro and his companions looking for to start their new community?
(a) Fertile land.
(b) Coastal land.
(c) Land with gold to be mined.
(d) Lowlands.

2. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?
(a) Lupe and Victoriano.
(b) Dona Guadalupe.
(c) Victoriano and Don Benito.
(d) Don Victor.

3. What does Lupe find near the altar that she has made for Colonel Maytorena?
(a) A small fawn.
(b) A letter from the Colonel.
(c) A small clump of gold ore.
(d) A rifle.

4. What does Dona Guadalupe offer to make for Don Benito?
(a) Tamales.
(b) A rug.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Bread.

5. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?
(a) They sense the impending doom coming.
(b) They can hear the Federales approaching.
(c) They are responding to her screams.
(d) It is feeding time and they are hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dona Guadalupe and her children hide when the army horsemen come through their canyon?

2. Which of Dona Guadalupe's daughters does Don Tiburcio seek to marry?

3. What favor does Senora Munoz ask of Lupe at school one day?

4. What warning does Dona Guadalupe give to her youngest daughter Lupe early in the story?

5. Why do the poor Mexicans think highly of Colonel Maytorena?

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