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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Dona Guadalupe and her children hide when the army horsemen come through their canyon?
(a) In the mine.
(b) A cave under the large boulder.
(c) On a high cliff in the canyon.
(d) A secret basement in their small house.

2. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?
(a) By selling fruit in town.
(b) By housing the miners.
(c) By feeding the miners.
(d) By selling their portion of the mine.

3. What Indian tribe is Leonides Camargo fighting against?
(a) Yakuis.
(b) Zapotec.
(c) Puebla.
(d) Oaxaca.

4. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?
(a) Emmanuel.
(b) Don Tiburcio.
(c) Victoriano.
(d) Don Victor.

5. What favor does Senora Munoz ask of Lupe at school one day?
(a) To bring her a little cheese each day.
(b) To take a letter to Victoriano for her.
(c) To hide a small box at her house.
(d) To not tell anyone she is leaving soon.

6. What does the Colonel give to Lupe to give to her teacher?
(a) A book.
(b) An apple.
(c) A small box.
(d) A card.

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

8. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?
(a) Dona Guadalupe.
(b) Victoriano and Don Benito.
(c) Lupe and Victoriano.
(d) Don Victor.

9. Who is Epitacio?
(a) Don Castro's uncle.
(b) Dona Margarita's brother-in-law.
(c) Luisa's second husband.
(d) Juan Salvador's oldest brother.

10. Which of his daughters accompanies Don Victor back to the lowlands?
(a) Carlota.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Socorro.
(d) Lupe.

11. What is in the pack that Don Victor brings on his back upon his return to his family?
(a) Ribbons, dried meat, and other gifts.
(b) A large dead deer.
(c) A huge bundle of firewood.
(d) Gold and money has has earned.

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

13. 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) Fertile land.
(c) Lowlands.
(d) Coastal land.

14. Who goes with Don Castro to start a new community?
(a) Victoriano.
(b) Dona Guadalupe.
(c) His wife and three children.
(d) His two brothers.

15. What is Don Victor's job when he meets Guadalupe?
(a) A tanner.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A store owner.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Juan is talking to God, who does he say he needs help for?

2. What does the midwife say about the pain tolerance of men?

3. Who does Don Benito fall in love with while in town?

4. How many babies does Socorro give birth to?

5. Who are the two sides involved in the great war that is occurring in the valley?

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