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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. Where does Lupe go to school?
(a) At the Universidad.
(b) At her neighbors, Tia Juanita's.
(c) The American compound near the mine.
(d) The small school in the next town.

2. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?
(a) They can hear the Federales approaching.
(b) They are responding to her screams.
(c) They sense the impending doom coming.
(d) It is feeding time and they are hungry.

3. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?
(a) Victoriano and Don Benito.
(b) Dona Guadalupe.
(c) Don Victor.
(d) Lupe and Victoriano.

4. How long does Don Victor believe it will take his family to gather enough gold to buy their way to the U.S.?
(a) Two and a half years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) About a year.

5. What does Juan use to bundle up the firewood he has collected?
(a) His belt.
(b) A long palm leaf.
(c) Dried out long grass.
(d) A small string.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Juan Salvador's youngest brother?

2. What favor does Senora Munoz ask of Lupe at school one day?

3. What does Juan realize as he goes to carry the wood back to the city?

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

5. Where does Don Castro set out from when leaving to start a new community?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the teacher's salary in the little village and what action do the townspeople take when they find out?

4. In Chapter Five, why does La Liebre want Dona Guadalupe's family captured and killed? Why doesn't this happen?

5. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

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

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

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

9. How is El Paso described the first time Juan and his family see it, and how do they feel upon arriving?

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

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