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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Lupe and her sisters refused pay when they are working in the fields?
(a) Because they are poor workers.
(b) Because they are women.
(c) Because they damage the produce as they pick them.
(d) Because they argue with the foreman too much.

2. Where does Dona Margarita decide to go in order to find her son Domingo?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Houston.
(c) Springfield.
(d) St. Louis.

3. What "secret" of Salvador's does Don Victor learn about and then confront Salvador?
(a) His confession to murder.
(b) His previous time in prison for stealing.
(c) His dangerous past of gambling.
(d) His career as a bootlegger.

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

5. When Juan escapes from prison, which state does he eventually end up in?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Montana.
(d) Iowa.

6. What is the one condition that Dona Guadalupe sets on the acceptance of Salvador's proposal?
(a) He must promise not to move away from Lupe's family.
(b) He and Lupe must not ever move back to Mexico.
(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. How is Juan dressed when he goes to church to tell his mother that everything is alright?
(a) He is dressed like a woman.
(b) He is dressed in a gentleman's suit.
(c) He is dressed in old, dirty clothes.
(d) He is dressed like a police officer.

8. Where does Juan go to find the two men that stole his money and cut his face when he first arrives in Los Angeles?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Montana.
(c) Fresno.
(d) San Jose.

9. What does Juan make his nephews do to teach them a lesson for their misbehavior toward their teacher?
(a) They have to clean their entire house and yard.
(b) Juan grounds them both for two months.
(c) They have to apologize to the teacher in front of the entire school.
(d) They have to shovel chicken poop and move heavy barrels.

10. Who sends word to Juan that his mother is very ill?
(a) Epitacio.
(b) A hospital nurse.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

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

12. In what city is Archie's gambling hall located?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Escondido.
(d) Carlsbad.

13. What topic do Dona Margarita's two sons begin to fight over as they are talking and catching up?
(a) Who is to blame for the death of their father.
(b) The dangers of being in the bootleg liquor business.
(c) What a jerk Al Capone is.
(d) Why Domingo left their mother.

14. 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) No one will hire them after the strike.
(c) They are punished by having to work longer shifts.
(d) They lose their jobs but soon find new, better ones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Salvador choose a ring for Lupe?

2. Why is Lupe embarrassed to drive a car in front of the other workers at the apricot fields?

3. How do Domingo and Salvador end up in jail in Chapter 23?

4. Why are Juan and Epitacio thrown into jail?

5. How old is Juan when he is sent to prison?

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