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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silva tell Wooston?
(a) That the Mulkerin party has disappeared.
(b) That the Mulkerin party is back at their ranch.
(c) That he is quitting working for Wooston.
(d) That the Mulkerin party is in a dead-end canyon.

2. What idea does Eileen share with Sean?
(a) About a fandango.
(b) About Mariana's fate.
(c) About Jaime and the gold.
(d) About Juan.

3. What do several people tell Sean about Wooston?
(a) That they will help Sean fight him.
(b) That he is moving out of the area.
(c) That he has sworn out an arrest warrant for Eileen.
(d) That he has sworn out an arrest warrant for Juan.

4. Who does Eileen encounter in the local store?
(a) Machado.
(b) Michael.
(c) Pio Pico.
(d) Wooston.

5. Why does Sean become jealous?
(a) Because Wooston dances with Mariana
(b) Because Silva dances with Mariana
(c) Because Jorge dances with Mariana
(d) Because Machado dances with Mariana.

6. What does Russell find when he follows some tracks?
(a) Three men.
(b) Another cave.
(c) A table.
(d) Francisco.

7. Where does Sean tell Mariana to ride if Machado's men find them?
(a) San Bernadino.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) The Mulkerin ranch.
(d) The monastery.

8. About what does Eileen hint at to the merchant?
(a) That the party will be attended by several important political figures.
(b) That there is plenty of gold to be had.
(c) That she plans to take Wooston to court.
(d) That she will better Wooston at his game.

9. Who does Sean not see?
(a) Machado.
(b) Juan.
(c) Montero.
(d) Mariana.

10. Why does Machado want to wait until the morning to go up against Sean and the others?
(a) Machado's group is in the open.
(b) Machado wants to rest.
(c) Many of the men do not want to move in the dark.
(d) Machado thinks there are ghosts that will help Sean's group in the dark.

11. What will help the Mulkerin family obtain another loan?
(a) A wealthy co-signer.
(b) Their political connections.
(c) The appearance of wealth.
(d) A good word from the Bishop.

12. Who is with Francisco in the mountains?
(a) Machado.
(b) Russell.
(c) Silva.
(d) Juan.

13. Who is Polanco and Del Campo?
(a) Men Wooston has hired.
(b) Men who have come to kill the Mulkerins.
(c) Two sheriff deputies.
(d) Men who have come to help the Mulkerins.

14. What does Pico know about Eileen?
(a) That she is ill.
(b) That she is about to marry.
(c) That she is lying.
(d) That she is set for life with the amount of gold she found.

15. How much gold does Juan say there is?
(a) Many pounds.
(b) None.
(c) Not much.
(d) Enough to pay for the ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sean tell Machado?

2. Why is Francisco lagging behind the other man?

3. Of whom is Russell said to be an enemy?

4. What does Eileen come up with for saving the ranch?

5. What do Sean and Eileen do when they stop at a local store?

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