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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 dynamite.
(c) The lunches for the men.
(d) The flint to start off the dynamite.

2. What do the villagers do as a result of the revolution on their small community?
(a) They scatter to start another community elsewhere.
(b) They start heading for the U.S.
(c) They do nothing.
(d) They fight back and reclaim their town.

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

4. At the funeral celebration for Don Benito, who announces that they are getting married?
(a) Domingo and Luisa.
(b) Marco and Sophia.
(c) Lydia and Victoriano.
(d) Scott and Carmen.

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

6. 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 housecleaner.
(c) She is a worker in a small market.
(d) She gets a job as a seamstress in town.

7. 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 not tell anyone she is leaving soon.
(d) To hide a small box at her house.

8. 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) He stood up to the American miners to make their working conditions better.
(d) Because he is fighting on the side of the revolution.

9. Who does Don Benito feel that he needs to impress in Chapter 3?
(a) Colonel Maytorena.
(b) Dona Guadalupe.
(c) Victoriano.
(d) Don Manuel.

10. What is Don Tiburcio's dying request to his wife?
(a) He asks her to make sure she never remarries.
(b) He asks her to burn down their house and leave.
(c) He asks her to clean the fireplace and then leave.
(d) He asks her to bury him next to his mother.

11. Why is La Liebre upset with Dona Guadalupe and her family?
(a) Dona Guadalupe tried to take the gold from his land.
(b) Victoriano tried to marry the woman he loves.
(c) Dona Guadalupe caused his horse to break its leg.
(d) Because they are friends of Colonel Maytorena.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many babies does Socorro give birth to?

2. When Lupe first sees Don Victor coming towards the village, what does she think he is?

3. What does Don Victor give to Don Manuel to help him through the wedding ceremony?

4. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?

5. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?

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