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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Harriet when she arrives in Mexico?
(a) In her teens.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her forties.
(d) In her twenties.

2. What does La Garduña do for a living?
(a) She is a soldier.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She is a cook.
(d) She is an artist.

3. In what war did the old gringo fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. Which of the following descriptions best describes La Garduña?
(a) Old.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Mute.
(d) Young.

5. What is the name of the family that hired Harriet?
(a) Milagros.
(b) Marietta.
(c) Menendez.
(d) Miranda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name the Mexican characters in the novel give to the old gringo?

2. What type of church does Harriet attend weekly?

3. How old is Pedro when he first meets the old gringo?

4. Which of the following characters does NOT accompany Harriet Winslow to the border?

5. Why doesn't the old gringo answer any of the horse salesman's questions?

(see the answer key)

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