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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. What do Tennison and Sean talk about concerning people's hands?
(a) Some hands have six fingers.
(b) Hands can reveal much about a person.
(c) Some women's hands are calloused when they should be soft.
(d) Some men's hands are soft and show they have never worked hard.

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

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

4. How much gold does Juan say there is?
(a) Not much.
(b) Many pounds.
(c) Enough to pay for the ranch.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bell say is obvious?

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

3. What idea does Eileen share with Sean?

4. What does Sean see down in the canyon?

5. Who arrives at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that makes Russell leave the cave?

2. What thoughts run through Eileen's mind while she is thinking about the gold when Juan is resting?

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

4. Who arrives at the party unexpectedly and how does he make Sean jealous?

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

6. What is Russell's appearance and explanation when he arrives at the fandango?

7. Who are the men that Sean meets who Montero sends to help the Mulkerin family?

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

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

10. What are Russell and Francisco doing in the mountains, and why does Francisco anger Russell?

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