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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color are all the clothes that the old gringo wears to travel?
(a) Navy.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. When Harriet dreams of Tomás, what thought takes over her mind?
(a) What could have been between them.
(b) Where they once lived.
(c) What she has lost.
(d) How they met each other.

4. In what type of Mexican climate did Harriet live?
(a) Arid.
(b) Tropical.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Humid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harriet claim dried up in the heat of Mexico?

4. Where are the traveling group taking the body of the old gringo?

5. What does La Garduña do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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