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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 Salvador told Lupe's family is his business?
(a) Selling dairy products to local markets.
(b) Imports and exports to Mexico.
(c) Running his own transportation business.
(d) Selling fertilizer and manure to farms.

2. Why is Salvador angry when his friend brings him a goat as a wedding gift?
(a) Because he is a vegetarian and does not eat meat, including goat.
(b) Because this is a friend who caused Domingo to get in trouble.
(c) Because this friend only wants friendship when Salvador has money.
(d) Because he has discovered that this friend secretly loved Lupe.

3. What happens to Nellie while Domingo is in jail?
(a) She gets very ill and dies.
(b) She disappears without a trace.
(c) She works hard to raise the bail to get Domingo out early.
(d) She decides to return to Chicago.

4. What does Mark's uncle offer Lupe?
(a) A job assisting him at his office.
(b) To help Lupe get her teaching certificate.
(c) To pay for their wedding.
(d) A new car in celebration of their engagement.

5. What does Dona Guadalupe tell Juan about her daughters?
(a) None of them like Juan at all.
(b) They are all already married or engaged.
(c) They do not ever want to be married.
(d) They will never be able to marry a man who gambles or drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dona Margarita doing when Salvador finds her to tell her about his engagement?

2. What does Dona Margarita tell Salvador she needs to do right as the ceremony is about to start?

3. When the Mexicans demand better working conditions at the rock quarry, what do they get?

4. What excuse does Epitacio give Juan for leaving him back in Douglas, Arizona when they were younger?

5. What does Juan's mother make him promise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a bull horn and some mercury help Victoriano collect gold quicker?

2. How does Lupe respond, verbally and emotionally, when Mark declares that he wants to marry her?

3. What does Lupe tell her mother about her feelings for Mark and Salvador?

4. Why isn't Sophia on the ship that sinks on its voyage to America?

5. What role does Archie play at the wedding reception?

6. What happens to Juan when two men try to take his gambling winnings in California?

7. What has Lupe told Salvador about marriage that Dona Margarita says is true?

8. How do Salvador and Domingo end up in jail in Chapter 23?

9. Why does Juan agree to a life sentence in prison?

10. How does Salvador get out of jail in Chapter 23?

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