2. What does Eileen feel as she suddenly wakens?
(a) That Juan does not remember where Jaime found the gold.
(b) Someone is coming.
(c) That a dangerous animal is nearby.
(d) That they should not be there.

3. By what was Juan's people's settlement destroyed?
(a) Fire and earthquake.
(b) Just a big fire set by lightening.
(c) Floods.
(d) Ignoring tradition.

4. How many more days are there to the trip?
(a) A few hours.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. What does Eileen say when confronted by Wooston?
(a) She will pay the note.
(b) She will leave the ranch the next day.
(c) She will drop her lawsuit against Wooston.
(d) She will leave the ranch in one month.

6. Who moves like a young vaquero?
(a) Juan.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Sean.
(d) Win.

7. Where is Jaime at the opening of the story?
(a) Living on the ranch that is closest to the Mulkerin Ranch.
(b) In Mexico.
(c) Deceased.
(d) In Ireland.

8. How many sons does Eileen have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

9. What does Montero say about his speaking with Juan?
(a) Montero does not speak Juan's dialect.
(b) Montero vowed never to speak to Juan again.
(c) The Mulkerins will have more luck than Montero will.
(d) Montero last spoke to Juan many decades ago.

10. What is Eileen determined to do at any cost?
(a) Send her sons to her home in England.
(b) Send her sons to college.
(c) Send her sons to her home in Canada.
(d) Save her home.

11. Who is Jaime?
(a) Eileen's deceased husband.
(b) One of Eileen's sons.
(c) The careless neighbor who caused the fire.
(d) The careless ranch hand who caused the fire.

12. What is one thing that can be seen from the porch of the ranch house?
(a) A redwood forest.
(b) The Sacramento River.
(c) A few skyscrapers on the San Francisco skyline.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

13. When do those searching for Juan make camp?
(a) They do not make camp.
(b) At sunset.
(c) Not until well into the night.
(d) Late afternoon.

14. What has recently burned around the Mulkerin ranch?
(a) The outhouse.
(b) Fields of corn.
(c) The barn.
(d) Fields of wheat.

15. Who does Juan say are new tribes?
(a) The tribes of California.
(b) The Plains Indians.
(c) The Aztecs and Incas.
(d) He does not mention any new tribes.