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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does General Arroyo decide to burn down the hacienda?
(a) To teach the guerrillas a lesson.
(b) To earn the insurance money.
(c) To search for bones buried under the buildings.
(d) To embarrass the owners.

2. What does Inocencio Mansalvo think the old gringo has come into the desert to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Dream.
(c) Live.
(d) Die.

3. How old is the old gringo when he reaches Mexico?
(a) In his seventies.
(b) In his fifties.
(c) In his sixties.
(d) In his forties.

4. Where does Harriet sleep at night?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In a small wooden hut by the river.
(c) In the old gringo's tent.
(d) In the train car.

5. What animal do some of the soldiers compare the old gringo to?
(a) A flamingo.
(b) An eagle.
(c) An owl.
(d) A peacock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that the old gringo carries around in his suitcase?

2. What does the old gringo admire most in Harriet's character?

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

4. How did La Luna get her name?

5. What newspaper did the old gringo once write for?

(see the answer key)

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