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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old gringo think will be atonement for his writing career?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Being forgotten by his family.
(c) Living forever through his words.
(d) Dying in Mexico.

2. What type of accent does Harriet have?
(a) Southern.
(b) East coast.
(c) British.
(d) New England.

3. In what city of Texas does the old gringo stop before he travels to Mexico?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Highlands.
(c) Alamo.
(d) Bigfoot.

4. What explodes in front of the old gringo right as he is entering Mexico?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A car.
(c) A building.
(d) A volcano.

5. What is the name of the type of home that the family who hired Harriet live in called?
(a) A casa.
(b) A biblioteca.
(c) A hacienda.
(d) A castillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the POWs who refuse to join with Pancho Villa held?

2. What does the old gringo fear will happen to Harriet while in Mexico?

3. Who is the current leader of Mexico at the time of the book?

4. What reason does Colonel García give Pedro for the women waiting in line outside the village?

5. Whom does the old gringo hope to meet as he is traveling to Zacatecas?

(see the answer key)

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