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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 shocks the others when Eileen returns to them?
(a) That Juan has gone to stop Machado.
(b) That there is only a few dollars of gold.
(c) That Juan is dead.
(d) That there is so much gold.

2. What does Eileen come up with for saving the ranch?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A way to barter for the ranch.
(c) A plan to legally defeat Wooston.
(d) A plan to buy time to raise more money.

3. What does Eileen realize as she is waking Juan?
(a) He is dead.
(b) The gold can wait.
(c) Juan is older than she first thought.
(d) Juan is ill.

4. What sounds are coming from the hills?
(a) Wolves howling.
(b) None.
(c) Laughter and coyote howls.
(d) Owls hooting.

5. Who is Mariana supposed to find?
(a) Michael.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) Juan's son.
(d) Pio Pico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Eileen described as looking as she rides?

2. About what does Eileen hint at to the merchant?

3. How much gold does Juan say there is?

4. Why does Wooston want to take Russell away?

5. What catches Eileen's eye as Juan is sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that makes Russell leave the cave?

2. What occurs when Eileen and Sean stop at a local merchant's store?

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

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

5. What happens when Russell wakes in the night, and what does he do in the morning?

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

7. What do the voices say about Russell?

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

9. What is the situation at the ranch when Eileen and the others arrive back there?

10. Why does Eileen apologize to Juan?

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