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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the old gringo wander about the desert before finding the guerrillas?
(a) Three days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Four days.

2. Which of the following does NOT travel through Mexico by use of the guerrilla train?
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Guns.

3. What is the other name the Mexican characters in the novel give to the old gringo?
(a) Old Tom.
(b) Old geezer.
(c) Old man.
(d) Old Señor.

4. What does the old gringo have marking his grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A wooden cross.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A granite stone.

5. How does the old gringo travel from Texas to Mexico?
(a) On foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) By train.
(d) By car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the young boy who accompanied Harriet to the Mexican border?

2. What does Harriet remember the young Mexican boy who accompanied her to the Mexican border carrying?

3. In what city of Texas does the old gringo stop before he travels to Mexico?

4. What does the general throw into the air for the old gringo to shoot?

5. What color are all the clothes that the old gringo wears to travel?

(see the answer key)

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