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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lupe go to school?
(a) The American compound near the mine.
(b) The small school in the next town.
(c) At her neighbors, Tia Juanita's.
(d) At the Universidad.

2. Where is most of the good firewood found?
(a) High in the top branches.
(b) By the river.
(c) In Juarez.
(d) Underground.

3. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?
(a) An old pistol.
(b) A heavy hatchet.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A large dagger.

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

5. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?
(a) His black gloves.
(b) His blue hat.
(c) His gray coat.
(d) His white shirt.

6. Who are the two sides involved in the great war that is occurring in the valley?
(a) The Villistas and the Carranzistas.
(b) The Nationales and the Libertadidos.
(c) The Guerillas and the Villistas.
(d) The Nationales and the Federales.

7. What town does Don Victor tell Guadalupe about and convince her to go with him?
(a) El Paso.
(b) La Lluvia de Oro.
(c) Rancho Cucamonga.
(d) Juarez.

8. What does Don Victor tell Lupe that makes her resent him?
(a) He tells her she is too small to help gather the gold.
(b) He tells her that she is not as pretty as Sophia.
(c) He tells her that she should help her mother more.
(d) He tells her she should release her pet deer into the forest.

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

10. Why are the people in the village leaving to find work in other areas?
(a) Because a new, larger mine is opening up in another city.
(b) Because the Americans shut down the mine.
(c) Because they are sick of working for the Americans.
(d) Because the war is coming to their village.

11. What warning does Dona Guadalupe give to her youngest daughter Lupe early in the story?
(a) She cautions Lupe to not leave their hiding place.
(b) She warns Lupe not to like the Colonel too much.
(c) She cautions Lupe to stay away from the main roads.
(d) She warns Lupe not to go too near the mines.

12. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

13. What horrible thing has happened to Juan's sister Emilia?
(a) She was raped by soldiers.
(b) She lost her voice forever.
(c) She was run over by a horse.
(d) She was sick with fever.

14. Many years after the new community is settled, how does the revolution affect this small community?
(a) Their community is raided and their livestock stolen.
(b) The community becomes rich because of the revolution.
(c) Their community becomes a base camp for the Federales.
(d) The revolution does not really affect their community.

15. Who is eloping with Maria?
(a) Esabel.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Ramon.
(d) Pedro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Juan Salvador's youngest brother?

2. What Indian tribe is Leonides Camargo fighting against?

3. Why is Victoriano looking through the discarded ore for gold?

4. How long does Don Victor believe it will take his family to gather enough gold to buy their way to the U.S.?

5. Why is La Liebre upset with Dona Guadalupe and her family?

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