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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Towards the end of Chapter 7, what do the soldiers do in response to the angry crowds they see in the village?
(a) They flee from the village.
(b) They do nothing and wait for the villagers to calm down.
(c) They taunt the angry crowds.
(d) They attack those who are rising against them.

3. Why does Juan sneak back into the U.S. just days after he has left to return to Mexico?
(a) He cannot stand being away from Lupe.
(b) He misses his nephews.
(c) He still wants to seek revenge on the two men that cut him.
(d) He wants to ask Archie if he knew about the bootleg set up.

4. What horrible act do Pedro and Jose do to their teacher?
(a) They placed a tack on his chair and he sat on it.
(b) They put something in his coffee that left him sick for a week.
(c) They threw eggs at him as he left the school for the day.
(d) They pulled down his pants and pushed him out a window.

5. 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) Just because.
(d) He is angry because the boy talked back to him in a crowd.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dona Guadalupe tell Juan about her daughters?

3. What happens the day after Epitacio gambles away his paycheck?

4. In what city is Archie's gambling hall located?

5. How is Luisa's neighborhood described?

(see the answer key)

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