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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan realize as he goes to carry the wood back to the city?
(a) The war is very important to him.
(b) The pile of wood is too heavy.
(c) He does not want to return to the town.
(d) He hates God.

2. Why does Dona Guadalupe and her family crush the gold ore they have discovered into dust?
(a) To make it seem like they have more.
(b) Because it is more ore than gold.
(c) Because that is what you are supposed to do to gold ore.
(d) To make it seem like it came from the river.

3. Where does Don Castro set out from when leaving to start a new community?
(a) Ciudad del Oro.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Baja California.
(d) Monte Negro.

4. 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) So that his family can cut through the field as a shortcut.
(c) So that his family can steal corn.
(d) Because he is a troublemaker.

5. Where does Guadalupe work when her husband leaves her?
(a) The local mine.
(b) A rich family's house.
(c) A vegetable shop in town.
(d) A small army hospital.

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

7. What is Espirito offered for the golden rocks in the springs?
(a) Ten percent of the gold.
(b) One million dollars.
(c) All the clothes and food his people could need.
(d) A large ranch of his own.

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

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

10. What is it that crashes into the canyon and causes many, including Guadalupe, to think it is the end of the world?
(a) A cannonball.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) A large boulder.
(d) A meteorite.

11. Who is Don Juan?
(a) Colonel Maytorena's boss.
(b) The mayor of the town.
(c) The teacher.
(d) Dona Guadalupe's brother.

12. Who misses the train to America with Juan?
(a) No one, he is all alone.
(b) Luisa.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Inocenta.

13. What does Lupe find near the altar that she has made for Colonel Maytorena?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A letter from the Colonel.
(c) A small fawn.
(d) A small clump of gold ore.

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

15. Why are the train passengers put off the train and forced to camp while the train leaves?
(a) Because the train is needed for the war effort.
(b) Because the train cannot actually enter the U.S.
(c) Because the train driver is evil and has decided to swindle the passengers.
(d) Because these passengers do not have enough money to continue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the people in the village leaving to find work in other areas?

2. What is the name of the town midwife?

3. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?

4. What is in the pack that Don Victor brings on his back upon his return to his family?

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

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