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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. Who arrives at the party?
(a) The governor.
(b) The Sheriff and several deputies.
(c) Machado and some of his men.
(d) Wooston.

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

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

4. Who does Sean not see?
(a) Juan.
(b) Mariana.
(c) Montero.
(d) Machado.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who challenges Sean?

3. What does Silva tell Wooston?

4. What will help the Mulkerin family obtain another loan?

5. Who is waiting for Eileen's group when they return to the Mulkerin ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the voices say about Russell?

2. Why does Sean waken Mariana while they are on the trail and what does he tell her?

3. What happens when Eileen goes to wake up Juan?

4. What happens to Russell after he leaves the cave?

5. What is Los Angeles like at the time of the setting of "The Californios"?

6. What does Silva tell Wooston that angers Wooston, and what concerns Machado and Russell?

7. Why is Eileen distraught when she and Juan get to the gold?

8. What does Eileen order at the store and why?

9. Why does Francisco try to convince Russell of and what is Russell's response?

10. Why does Eileen apologize to Juan?

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