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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the mine been named?
(a) El Rio Urique.
(b) La Lluvia de Oro.
(c) El Camino Real.
(d) Plata del Mundo.

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

3. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?
(a) She recognizes that she should donate them to others.
(b) She is going to buy him all new clothes for his return.
(c) She needs to move and cannot take them all with her.
(d) She is angry and wants to say good-bye to him forever.

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

5. Why do the poor Mexicans think highly of Colonel Maytorena?
(a) He is here to bring salvation to the small village.
(b) He is an old war hero and is revered across the valley.
(c) Because he is fighting on the side of the revolution.
(d) He stood up to the American miners to make their working conditions better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young man who is hired by Don Benito to help move rocks and earth from the gold find?

2. Who makes fun of Lupe in front of the whole class on her first day at school?

3. What dream do Lupe and Juan share?

4. Why does Juan agree to confess to a murder he did not commit?

5. What is the name of the town midwife?

(see the answer key)

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