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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, A Time of Miracles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Mexican workers work under such horrible conditions?
(a) They were at the mercy of American employers that were having difficulties of their own.
(b) They did not have many options for employment.
(c) All are correct.
(d) They needed work very badly.

2. Who is eloping with Maria?
(a) Ramon.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Esabel.
(d) Pedro.

3. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?
(a) An old pistol.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A large dagger.
(d) A heavy hatchet.

4. Victoriano is badly beaten after trying to defend what from the bandits?
(a) A food he has just hunted.
(b) His sister.
(c) His dog.
(d) The gold his family has collected.

5. Why are Lupe and her sisters refused pay when they are working in the fields?
(a) Because they argue with the foreman too much.
(b) Because they damage the produce as they pick them.
(c) Because they are women.
(d) Because they are poor workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?

2. Why are the people in the village leaving to find work in other areas?

3. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?

4. Because of their efforts in starting a strike, what happens to Lupe and her sisters as employees?

5. Towards the end of Chapter 7, what do the soldiers do in response to the angry crowds they see in the village?

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