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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the traveling group taking the body of the old gringo?
(a) To Camargo.
(b) To Culiacán.
(c) To Durango.
(d) To Saltillo.

2. How often did the Miranda family come to visit the hacienda during a typical year?
(a) More than ten times.
(b) Four or five times.
(c) Never.
(d) Once or twice.

3. What does the old gringo believe is the fate of every revolutionary?
(a) To die young.
(b) To be feared by the public.
(c) To become a tyrant.
(d) To be remembered fondly.

4. Which of the following is NOT something that the old gringo carries around in his suitcase?
(a) A copy of the book that he wrote himself.
(b) A copy of the book "Don Quixote".
(c) A gun.
(d) A bottle of bourbon.

5. After Harriet's confrontation with General Arroyo, what beverage does she drink with the old gringo inside the Pullman car?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Mescal.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

6. What does the traveling party admit was one of the old gringo's biggest flaws?
(a) He was vain.
(b) He was always late.
(c) He was hateful.
(d) He was selfish.

7. What does General Arroyo store in the wooden box in his train car?
(a) Old papers.
(b) Enemy scalps.
(c) Arrowheads.
(d) Photographs.

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

9. Where did Harriet complete school?
(a) At a finishing school.
(b) At a public school.
(c) At a private school.
(d) She had a tutor.

10. What is Harriet's nationality?
(a) American.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Swedish.
(d) French.

11. Where does the old gringo say that he wants to die?
(a) On the battle front.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In a boat on the sea.
(d) In Mexico.

12. What does the old gringo fear will happen to Harriet while in Mexico?
(a) That she will fall in love with him.
(b) That she will be dissatisfied.
(c) That she will be killed.
(d) That she will want to leave.

13. Whom does the old gringo hope to meet as he is traveling to Zacatecas?
(a) La Garduña.
(b) La Luna.
(c) Harriet Winslow.
(d) Pancho Villa.

14. How many children did the old gringo have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

15. Where did Harriet's father go to fight, and never returned from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Eupore.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of food is served to the old gringo on the night he arrives at the guerrilla camp?

2. What color is the horse that the old gringo purchases?

3. What is Harriet's last name?

4. What is the name of the type of home that the family who hired Harriet live in called?

5. What is the name of the family that hired Harriet?

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