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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 Indian tribe is Leonides Camargo fighting against?
(a) Zapotec.
(b) Oaxaca.
(c) Puebla.
(d) Yakuis.

2. Why is Victoriano looking through the discarded ore for gold?
(a) He is deliberately trying to anger the Americans.
(b) His mother needs help paying the bills.
(c) He wants to be a successful businessman.
(d) He is trying to get enough gold to make a ring.

3. Who does Don Benito fall in love with while in town?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Linda.

4. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?
(a) His white shirt.
(b) His black gloves.
(c) His gray coat.
(d) His blue hat.

5. Where is Juan Salvador Villasenor traveling with his family in Chapter 8?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Los Feliz.
(d) Tijuana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who misses the train to America with Juan?

3. Why is Juan trying to sell firewood?

4. What town does Don Victor tell Guadalupe about and convince her to go with him?

5. What do the villagers do as a result of the revolution on their small community?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Juan and Eduardo miss the train?

3. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

4. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?

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

6. In Chapter Eight, what has recently happened to Emilia?

7. What does Rose-Mary do to Lupe on her first day of school, and why?

8. How does Guadalupe come to live with Leonides Camargo?

9. What does Juan tell God when he is collecting firewood?

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

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