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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 does Juan discover has become of the money his mother received from his murder confession?
(a) It never made it to his mother.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) Most of it has been given to his cousins.
(d) Most of it was used on her medical bills.

2. Why has Al come from Italy to the United States?
(a) To join the mob in America.
(b) To join the family restaurant.
(c) To oversee the making of fine liquor.
(d) For religious freedom.

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

4. What does Archie want in return for helping Juan to start over with a new life and new name?
(a) A new car.
(b) Five barrels of whiskey a month.
(c) Juan to become the new manager at his gambling hall.
(d) Twenty percent of all the money Juan earns gambling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Archie's gambling hall located?

2. Why is Salvador angry when his friend brings him a goat as a wedding gift?

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

4. What is Archie's wedding gift to Salvador?

5. Why are Lupe and her sisters refused pay when they are working in the fields?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Salvador react when a friend who refused to lend him money when he needed it stops by his house a few days before the wedding?

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

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

4. How does Juan feel when he sees Lupe with Mark?

5. What do Pedro and Jose do to their teacher, and what punishment does Juan give them?

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

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

8. In what state does Juan find his mother when he arrives in Los Angeles?

9. Why does Dona Margarita want to go to Chicago, and what do others think about this?

10. What scheme does Juan try while working as a miner in Douglas, and what is the result?

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