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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. How many days does the strike last?
(a) Two.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

2. What does Archie allow Juan to do at his gambling hall during the Festival of the Stringbeans?
(a) Juan gets to manage the card games.
(b) Juan is able to be the front door host.
(c) Juan gets to have his own VIP section.
(d) Juan is allowed to be the assistant manager.

3. What news does Don Victor bring back from the lowlands about his daughter Sophia?
(a) Sophia has made it safely to the U.S.
(b) Sophia's ship to the U.S. has sunk in the sea.
(c) Sophia is on the train on her way to Texas.
(d) Sophia changed her mind and is going to Juarez.

4. What does Mark's uncle offer Lupe?
(a) A job assisting him at his office.
(b) A new car in celebration of their engagement.
(c) To help Lupe get her teaching certificate.
(d) To pay for their wedding.

5. Why is Juan demoted his second day at the rock quarry?
(a) Because he made a huge mistake.
(b) Because someone with more experience came along.
(c) Because he hated that position and asked to be reassigned.
(d) Because he is not white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lupe tell her mother about her feelings toward Salvador?

2. Why has Al come from Italy to the United States?

3. Why does Dona Margarita name her son Juan Salvador?

4. Because of their efforts in starting a strike, what happens to Lupe and her sisters as employees?

5. What has Salvador told Lupe's family is his business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances in which Lupe first sees Juan, and what does she think of him?

2. What does Lupe tell her mother about her feelings for Mark and Salvador?

3. How does a bull horn and some mercury help Victoriano collect gold quicker?

4. When Juan visits his mother at church dressed like a woman, what information does she share with him?

5. What do Pedro and Jose do to their teacher, and what punishment does Juan give them?

6. How does Juan come to learn how to make liquor?

7. Where do Salvador and Lupe go off to and talk during their reception?

8. What are the costs of the strike to Lupe and her sisters?

9. What role does Archie play at the wedding reception?

10. What do the two men that stole Juan's money do to his car the day of the Cinco de Mayo parade?

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