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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, The Crying Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?
(a) They are only allowed to stay for six months out of the year.
(b) They must pay taxes to the community to live there.
(c) They must not impose on the community.
(d) No digging allowed, they can only take rocks at the surface.

2. What family pet does Dona Margarita have to kill for food?
(a) Luisa's goat.
(b) Inocenta's duck.
(c) Dona Margarita's dog.
(d) Juan's burro.

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

4. Where do Juan and his sisters find seeds for their dinner while trying to walk to the U.S.?
(a) In horse manure.
(b) In cacti.
(c) In the horse corral.
(d) In small holes in the earth.

5. Who misses the train to America with Juan?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Luisa.
(c) Inocenta.
(d) No one, he is all alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Juan Salvador Villasenor traveling with his family in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Epitacio?

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

4. Where does Don Victor go in search of work?

5. What town does Don Victor tell Guadalupe about and convince her to go with him?

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