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

2. When Juan is talking to God, who does he say he needs help for?
(a) For himself.
(b) For the Mexican people.
(c) For his mother.
(d) For his father.

3. What job does Dona Margarita get so that she can feed her family?
(a) She gets a job as a seamstress in town.
(b) She is a worker in a small market.
(c) She does not have a job, she begs in the city.
(d) She is a housecleaner.

4. Why does Juan Salvador distract the foreman of a farm as his family is passing it?
(a) Because he is a troublemaker.
(b) So that his family can steal corn.
(c) So that his family can cut through the field as a shortcut.
(d) So that his family can sneak into the barn to take a nap.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Juan trying to sell firewood?

3. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?

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

5. Where is most of the good firewood found?

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