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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the mine been named?
(a) La Lluvia de Oro.
(b) El Camino Real.
(c) Plata del Mundo.
(d) El Rio Urique.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is La Liebre upset with Dona Guadalupe and her family?

4. Who does the second owner sell the mine to?

5. How is the time of day described when Socorro is giving birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socorro leave to go to the lowlands, and what is Victoriano's response?

2. What is the setting like when Socorro is giving birth?

3. What does Lupe's family do for money in Chapter Three?

4. What is Lupe supposed to give her teacher on the first day of school?

5. What is Don Manuel's behavior when he comes to perform at Sophia's wedding, and why?

6. What is Espirito doing when he finds the gold? Where is the gold found?

7. What happens to Victoriano, Ramon, and Don Benito on the day they are planning to blast out the gold?

8. Why is it so hard for Don Benito to keep the secret that they have discovered gold?

9. Under what circumstances does Guadalupe meet Don Victor and marry him?

10. What effect does the revolution have on Don Castro's village?

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