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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 do Epitacio and Juan see across the Rio Grande?
(a) They see another war on the other side.
(b) The untouched houses of the Americans.
(c) Nothing but the same poor people and ugly streets.
(d) A wild forest.

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

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

4. Towards the end of Chapter 7, what do the soldiers do in response to the angry crowds they see in the village?
(a) They flee from the village.
(b) They attack those who are rising against them.
(c) They do nothing and wait for the villagers to calm down.
(d) They taunt the angry crowds.

5. What type of land are Don Castro and his companions looking for to start their new community?
(a) Fertile land.
(b) Lowlands.
(c) Coastal land.
(d) Land with gold to be mined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?

3. As Juan heads back to Juarez, how does the city look?

4. Who is Epitacio?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Juan look to gather firewood to sell?

2. What events lead to the death of Don Tiburcio?

3. What does Lupe do with the Colonel's gray coat that Socorro throws out?

4. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

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

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

7. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

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

9. Why do Juan and Eduardo miss the train?

10. What happens to the village and to Dona Guadalupe when the mine is closed?

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