2. What family pet does Dona Margarita have to kill for food?
(a) Inocenta's duck.
(b) Luisa's goat.
(c) Juan's burro.
(d) Dona Margarita's dog.

3. Which powerful person is killed by Victoriano?
(a) Don Tiburcio.
(b) La Liebre.
(c) Don Manuel.
(d) Colonel Maytorena.

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

5. As Juan heads back to Juarez, how does the city look?
(a) The city looks like it is burning.
(b) The city looks dark and lifeless.
(c) The city looks beautiful and colorful.
(d) The city looks as though there is a celebration happening.

6. Victoriano is badly beaten after trying to defend what from the bandits?
(a) A food he has just hunted.
(b) His sister.
(c) His dog.
(d) The gold his family has collected.

7. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?
(a) They must not impose on the community.
(b) No digging allowed, they can only take rocks at the surface.
(c) They must pay taxes to the community to live there.
(d) They are only allowed to stay for six months out of the year.

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

9. What is Espirito searching for in Chapter 1?
(a) His sister.
(b) A place to hunt.
(c) Drinkable water.
(d) Berries.

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

11. Why does the first owner sell the spring?
(a) He does not sell it. It is stolen.
(b) The war makes it too dangerous.
(c) He has to move back to his home country.
(d) The nuggets are depleted.

12. 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 taunt the angry crowds.
(c) They do nothing and wait for the villagers to calm down.
(d) They attack those who are rising against them.

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

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

15. What do Epitacio and Juan see across the Rio Grande?
(a) The untouched houses of the Americans.
(b) A wild forest.
(c) They see another war on the other side.
(d) Nothing but the same poor people and ugly streets.