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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sean see down in the canyon?
(a) A wild mustang herd.
(b) A spirit totem.
(c) Nine or ten men.
(d) A group of Mexican Indians.

2. What idea does Eileen share with Sean?
(a) About Jaime and the gold.
(b) About Mariana's fate.
(c) About a fandango.
(d) About Juan.

3. Who will not take orders from a woman?
(a) Machado.
(b) Wooston.
(c) The armed men at the Mulkerin home.
(d) Sean.

4. About what does Eileen hint at to the merchant?
(a) That the party will be attended by several important political figures.
(b) That she will better Wooston at his game.
(c) That there is plenty of gold to be had.
(d) That she plans to take Wooston to court.

5. Who do Marchado's men fire at in the morning?
(a) Eileen and Sean.
(b) Montero and Eileen.
(c) Sean, Montero and Mariana.
(d) Juan.

6. Why is Eileen distraught?
(a) Mariana is captured by Marchado's men.
(b) Win is lost in the canyon.
(c) Sean is shot.
(d) There is only enough gold to pay half of what she owes on the ranch.

7. What does Pico know about Eileen?
(a) That she is about to marry.
(b) That she is ill.
(c) That she is lying.
(d) That she is set for life with the amount of gold she found.

8. What does Sean say about Mariana when asked by Machado?
(a) Mariana is in Los Angeles.
(b) Mariana has made her choice.
(c) Mariana is back at the ranch.
(d) Mariana is with Juan.

9. How is Eileen described as looking as she rides?
(a) Like an Irish princess.
(b) Like a jockey in a race.
(c) Like a person who has never mounted a horse before.
(d) Like a sack of potatoes.

10. What does Machado want to do with the Mulkerin party?
(a) He does not say.
(b) Make them feel miserable.
(c) Hold them hostage.
(d) Kill them all.

11. What does Bell say is obvious?
(a) That Russell is dead.
(b) That Russell and Sean had old scores to settle.
(c) That Sean is not preparing to leave the ranch.
(d) That the gold was from government-owned mines.

12. What do several people tell Sean about Wooston?
(a) That he is moving out of the area.
(b) That he has sworn out an arrest warrant for Juan.
(c) That they will help Sean fight him.
(d) That he has sworn out an arrest warrant for Eileen.

13. Where does Sean tell Mariana to ride if Machado's men find them?
(a) The monastery.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Bernadino.
(d) The Mulkerin ranch.

14. Of whom is Russell said to be an enemy?
(a) The Senora.
(b) The Spirits.
(c) The Sky.
(d) The Land.

15. Who is Polanco and Del Campo?
(a) Two sheriff deputies.
(b) Men Wooston has hired.
(c) Men who have come to help the Mulkerins.
(d) Men who have come to kill the Mulkerins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tennison and Sean talk about concerning people's hands?

2. Why is Sean hunting?

3. In whom does Sean have faith to help him with Machado's men?

4. Who is the elderly man on the burro the Indian is leading?

5. Who tells Sean that someone wants to speak with Sean?

(see the answer keys)

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