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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the villagers do as a result of the revolution on their small community?
(a) They do nothing.
(b) They fight back and reclaim their town.
(c) They start heading for the U.S.
(d) They scatter to start another community elsewhere.

2. What does Juan realize as he goes to carry the wood back to the city?
(a) The pile of wood is too heavy.
(b) He hates God.
(c) He does not want to return to the town.
(d) The war is very important to him.

3. What favor does Senora Munoz ask of Lupe at school one day?
(a) To take a letter to Victoriano for her.
(b) To hide a small box at her house.
(c) To not tell anyone she is leaving soon.
(d) To bring her a little cheese each day.

4. What does Don Victor tell Lupe that makes her resent him?
(a) He tells her she should release her pet deer into the forest.
(b) He tells her that she should help her mother more.
(c) He tells her that she is not as pretty as Sophia.
(d) He tells her she is too small to help gather the gold.

5. What is Colonel Maytorena's job while in Lupe's town?
(a) He is there to become the next mayor of the town.
(b) He is in charge of building a road out of the valley.
(c) He is in charge of the mine for the American company.
(d) He is stationed to oversee the military presence in the valley.

6. How is the time of day described when Socorro is giving birth?
(a) There is a full moon.
(b) The rain is storming outside.
(c) It is a dark night with no moon or stars for light.
(d) The sun is blazing in the sky.

7. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?
(a) His gray coat.
(b) His blue hat.
(c) His black gloves.
(d) His white shirt.

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

9. What is Don Victor's job when he meets Guadalupe?
(a) A store owner.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A tanner.
(d) A farmer.

10. Why does La Liebre decide to have Victoriano hanged in the town square?
(a) He is angry because the boy talked back to him in a crowd.
(b) Just because.
(c) He thinks the ore he has is more valuable than it is.
(d) He and Victoriano are fighting over the same woman.

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

12. Who is the mayor's eldest daughter?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Rose-Mary.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Maria.

13. Which of Dona Guadalupe's daughters does Don Tiburcio seek to marry?
(a) Luisa.
(b) Carlota.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Lupe.

14. What warning does Dona Guadalupe give to her youngest daughter Lupe early in the story?
(a) She warns Lupe not to like the Colonel too much.
(b) She cautions Lupe to stay away from the main roads.
(c) She warns Lupe not to go too near the mines.
(d) She cautions Lupe to not leave their hiding place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What special gift has Don Victor brought for Sophia to wear in her wedding?

2. Why is Juan trying to sell firewood?

3. As Juan heads back to Juarez, how does the city look?

4. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?

5. Why does Juan Salvador distract the foreman of a farm as his family is passing it?

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