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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes fun of Lupe in front of the whole class on her first day at school?
(a) Rose-Mary.
(b) Carlota.
(c) Aida.
(d) Manuelita.

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

3. 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?
(a) The dynamite.
(b) The flint to start off the dynamite.
(c) The map to the exact location where the gold is.
(d) The lunches for the men.

4. What horrible thing has happened to Juan's sister Emilia?
(a) She was sick with fever.
(b) She was run over by a horse.
(c) She lost her voice forever.
(d) She was raped by soldiers.

5. Why does La Liebre decide to have Victoriano hanged in the town square?
(a) He and Victoriano are fighting over the same woman.
(b) Just because.
(c) He thinks the ore he has is more valuable than it is.
(d) He is angry because the boy talked back to him in a crowd.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dona Guadalupe and her family crush the gold ore they have discovered into dust?

4. Why does the first owner sell the spring?

5. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?

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