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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?
(a) His black gloves.
(b) His gray coat.
(c) His white shirt.
(d) His blue hat.

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

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

5. Who does Don Benito feel that he needs to impress in Chapter 3?
(a) Victoriano.
(b) Don Manuel.
(c) Colonel Maytorena.
(d) Dona Guadalupe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?

2. On the day they are scheduled to blast the location where they located their gold, what does Victoriano forget and have to go back home to retrieve?

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

4. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?

5. What does Lupe find near the altar that she has made for Colonel Maytorena?

(see the answer key)

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