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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the time of day described when Socorro is giving birth?
(a) It is a dark night with no moon or stars for light.
(b) The sun is blazing in the sky.
(c) The rain is storming outside.
(d) There is a full moon.

2. Where does Lupe go to school?
(a) The American compound near the mine.
(b) At the Universidad.
(c) The small school in the next town.
(d) At her neighbors, Tia Juanita's.

3. Why does the first owner sell the spring?
(a) The nuggets are depleted.
(b) He does not sell it. It is stolen.
(c) He has to move back to his home country.
(d) The war makes it too dangerous.

4. What year does the Mexican Revolution start?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1910.

5. What does the Colonel give to Lupe to give to her teacher?
(a) A book.
(b) An apple.
(c) A card.
(d) A small box.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?

2. Who is the mayor's eldest daughter?

3. Who does Don Benito fall in love with while in town?

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

5. What has the mine been named?

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