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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the general tell the old gringo to tend to when he says that he wants to fight?
(a) His life.
(b) His health.
(c) His family.
(d) His garden.

2. Which of the following characters does NOT accompany Harriet Winslow to the border?
(a) La Garduña.
(b) Pedro.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) Inocensia Mansalvo.

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

4. Where had Harriet been living before moving to Washington D.C.?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Delaney do for a living?

2. Why has Harriet come to Mexico?

3. In what interesting room of an old building do Harriet and the old gringo talk?

4. Whom does Harriet live with in Washington D.C.?

5. What animal do some of the soldiers compare the old gringo to?

(see the answer key)

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