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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that crashes into the canyon and causes many, including Guadalupe, to think it is the end of the world?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) A large boulder.
(c) A meteorite.
(d) A cannonball.

2. Where does Don Castro set out from when leaving to start a new community?
(a) Baja California.
(b) Ciudad del Oro.
(c) Monte Negro.
(d) Mexico City.

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

4. What position does Juan hold the first day he works at the rock quarry?
(a) A foreman.
(b) Cafeteria worker.
(c) Mason.
(d) Powder man.

5. Where do Dona Guadalupe and her children hide when the army horsemen come through their canyon?
(a) In the mine.
(b) On a high cliff in the canyon.
(c) A cave under the large boulder.
(d) A secret basement in their small house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area are Lupe and her sisters working in when they decide to strike?

2. What dream do Lupe and Juan share?

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

4. What ethnic background are the two men that stole Juan's money and cut his face?

5. When Lupe first sees Juan, what is it about him that disgusts her?

(see the answer key)

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