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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 is Eileen's father killed?
(a) England.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Spain.
(d) Mexico.

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

3. How does Jaime obtain land in California?
(a) He marries the woman who owns the land.
(b) He inherits it from his father.
(c) As a reward for service in the Mexican army.
(d) He buys it from his brother.

4. Who does Machado say he will take pleasure in killing?
(a) Sean.
(b) Win.
(c) Juan.
(d) Eileen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michael going to do?

2. Who does Juan take to find the gold?

3. What is the name of Sean's boat?

4. What is the most likely way the farm will be saved?

5. How old is Juan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Eileen raised and how does she come to be in California?

2. Who is Juan?

3. What does Juan say about men following them and what is Sean's response?

4. Describe a couple of the men who are with Wooston when he comes to tell Eileen of Wooston's intentions to evict the Mulkerin family.

5. Where do Sean, Monero, Eileen and Mariana go and why does Michael stay behind?

6. How does Sean come to be a sailor?

7. Why does Juan not think there is a reason to share much about his people and their history?

8. How does Jaime Mulkerin come to own the ranch, and where is Jaime now?

9. Why do Juan and the others leave camp in the middle of the night?

10. Why is the Mulkerin family's hope in Sean Mulkerin?

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