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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Don Victor tell the priest and Salvador it will be before he gives them an answer regarding the proposal to Lupe?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

2. When the Mexicans demand better working conditions at the rock quarry, what do they get?
(a) A new whistle and nothing more.
(b) Paid vacation.
(c) A new whistle and longer breaks.
(d) They get nothing at all and are fired.

3. What does Mark's uncle offer Lupe?
(a) A job assisting him at his office.
(b) A new car in celebration of their engagement.
(c) To pay for their wedding.
(d) To help Lupe get her teaching certificate.

4. Because of their efforts in starting a strike, what happens to Lupe and her sisters as employees?
(a) They are promoted above all the other workers.
(b) They lose their jobs but soon find new, better ones.
(c) No one will hire them after the strike.
(d) They are punished by having to work longer shifts.

5. What news does Don Victor bring back from the lowlands about his daughter Sophia?
(a) Sophia has made it safely to the U.S.
(b) Sophia's ship to the U.S. has sunk in the sea.
(c) Sophia is on the train on her way to Texas.
(d) Sophia changed her mind and is going to Juarez.

6. What is the one condition that Dona Guadalupe sets on the acceptance of Salvador's proposal?
(a) He and Lupe must not ever move back to Mexico.
(b) He must promise not to move away from Lupe's family.
(c) He must take and care for liliies that came from her homeland.
(d) He must never get into trouble or hurt her daughter.

7. What does Archie want in return for helping Juan to start over with a new life and new name?
(a) Juan to become the new manager at his gambling hall.
(b) A new car.
(c) Twenty percent of all the money Juan earns gambling.
(d) Five barrels of whiskey a month.

8. What happens the day after Epitacio gambles away his paycheck?
(a) Juan goes and wins back all the lost money.
(b) Epitacio works a double shift to earn his money back.
(c) Both Juan and Epitacio do not show up to work.
(d) Epitacio disappears.

9. Why does Dona Margarita disapprove of Domingo and Nellie's relationship?
(a) Because Domingo has a wife in Mexico.
(b) Because she thinks Nellie is too old for Domingo.
(c) Because Nellie is already married.
(d) Because they are sleeping together outside of wedlock.

10. Which of Domingo's skills impresses Archie?
(a) His racing skills.
(b) His liquor making skills.
(c) His wrestling skills.
(d) His card playing skills.

11. Why is Salvador angry when his friend brings him a goat as a wedding gift?
(a) Because this is a friend who caused Domingo to get in trouble.
(b) Because he is a vegetarian and does not eat meat, including goat.
(c) Because this friend only wants friendship when Salvador has money.
(d) Because he has discovered that this friend secretly loved Lupe.

12. Who arrives at Dona Margarita's house and is mistaken for her husband?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Epitacio.

13. What position does Juan hold the first day he works at the rock quarry?
(a) Cafeteria worker.
(b) A foreman.
(c) Mason.
(d) Powder man.

14. Why does Juan sneak back into the U.S. just days after he has left to return to Mexico?
(a) He misses his nephews.
(b) He cannot stand being away from Lupe.
(c) He still wants to seek revenge on the two men that cut him.
(d) He wants to ask Archie if he knew about the bootleg set up.

15. Why is Lupe embarrassed to drive a car in front of the other workers at the apricot fields?
(a) Because women are generally not allowed to drive cars.
(b) Because she is a really bad driver.
(c) Because she is embarrased of the old car she would have to drive.
(d) Because she is very shy and does not like people looking at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the strike successful?

2. Who does the priest accidentally call "Maria", while asking for Lupe's hand in marriage?

3. What does Ojos Puros claim is the cause of Don Victor's fever?

4. Who comes to bail Salvador out of prison?

5. Because he is not bailed out, how many years in prison does Domingo get?

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