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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?
(a) They are only allowed to stay for six months out of the year.
(b) They must pay taxes to the community to live there.
(c) No digging allowed, they can only take rocks at the surface.
(d) They must not impose on the community.

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

3. What animal is hanging from the tree near the ruins of Don Manuel's store?
(a) A goat.
(b) A burro.
(c) A deer.
(d) A calf.

4. What does Leonides do to the little Indian girl who runs at him from a burning house?
(a) He lets another soldier kill her.
(b) He takes her as his own.
(c) He throws her into prison.
(d) He gives her to an old lady on the outskirts of town.

5. When the Mexicans demand better working conditions at the rock quarry, what do they get?
(a) A new whistle and nothing more.
(b) Paid vacation.
(c) They get nothing at all and are fired.
(d) A new whistle and longer breaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Archie allow Juan to do at his gambling hall during the Festival of the Stringbeans?

2. How many men start the new community with Don Castro?

3. What type of land are Don Castro and his companions looking for to start their new community?

4. What is in the pack that Don Victor brings on his back upon his return to his family?

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

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