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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the second owner sell the mine to?
(a) Espirito's grandchildren.
(b) The Mexican Federales.
(c) A large American mining company.
(d) A British oil company.

3. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?
(a) A heavy hatchet.
(b) An old pistol.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A large dagger.

4. What do Epitacio and Juan see across the Rio Grande?
(a) They see another war on the other side.
(b) A wild forest.
(c) Nothing but the same poor people and ugly streets.
(d) The untouched houses of the Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?

2. Where does Don Castro set out from when leaving to start a new community?

3. What family pet does Dona Margarita have to kill for food?

4. What does Lupe find near the altar that she has made for Colonel Maytorena?

5. Who goes with Don Castro to start a new community?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lupe's family do for money in Chapter Three?

2. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

3. What does Lupe do with the Colonel's gray coat that Socorro throws out?

4. What is Don Manuel's behavior when he comes to perform at Sophia's wedding, and why?

5. Under what circumstances does Guadalupe meet Don Victor and marry him?

6. What is the condition that the townspeople put on collecting the gold from the spring?

7. Why do the Mexican people seem to think highly of Colonel Maytorena?

8. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?

9. How does Guadalupe come to live with Leonides Camargo?

10. What is the setting like when Socorro is giving birth?

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