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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who makes fun of Lupe in front of the whole class on her first day at school?
(a) Rose-Mary.
(b) Aida.
(c) Manuelita.
(d) Carlota.

3. Who does Don Benito feel that he needs to impress in Chapter 3?
(a) Dona Guadalupe.
(b) Colonel Maytorena.
(c) Victoriano.
(d) Don Manuel.

4. What is Espirito offered for the golden rocks in the springs?
(a) A large ranch of his own.
(b) Ten percent of the gold.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) All the clothes and food his people could need.

5. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?
(a) They can hear the Federales approaching.
(b) They are responding to her screams.
(c) They sense the impending doom coming.
(d) It is feeding time and they are hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the mine been named?

2. Why does Dona Guadalupe and her family crush the gold ore they have discovered into dust?

3. What warning does Dona Guadalupe give to her youngest daughter Lupe early in the story?

4. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?

5. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?

(see the answer key)

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