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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, The Hand of God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the midwife say about the pain tolerance of men?
(a) That men cannot stand pain as women can.
(b) That men feel no pain whatsoever.
(c) That the only pain men feel is the pain of love.
(d) That men have a much higher pain tolerance then women.

2. Who goes with Don Castro to start a new community?
(a) Victoriano.
(b) His two brothers.
(c) His wife and three children.
(d) Dona Guadalupe.

3. How do Dona Guadalupe and her children make money?
(a) By feeding the miners.
(b) By housing the miners.
(c) By selling their portion of the mine.
(d) By selling fruit in town.

4. Why do the poor Mexicans think highly of Colonel Maytorena?
(a) He stood up to the American miners to make their working conditions better.
(b) He is here to bring salvation to the small village.
(c) He is an old war hero and is revered across the valley.
(d) Because he is fighting on the side of the revolution.

5. What has the mine been named?
(a) La Lluvia de Oro.
(b) El Camino Real.
(c) Plata del Mundo.
(d) El Rio Urique.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Don Benito feel that he needs to impress in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?

3. Who does Don Benito fall in love with while in town?

4. How is the time of day described when Socorro is giving birth?

5. Where do Dona Guadalupe and her children hide when the army horsemen come through their canyon?

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