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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the old gringo answer any of the horse salesman's questions?
(a) Because he doesn't speak to peasants.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Because he doesn't speak Spanish.
(d) Because he is worried about being followed.

2. Where is the old gringo buried?
(a) In a field of flowers.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In a riverbank.

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

4. Which of the following does NOT travel through Mexico by use of the guerrilla train?
(a) Guns.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Food.

5. Which military character does the old gringo think will test him more than any other character in the novel?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Pedro.
(c) General Arroyo.
(d) Inocencio Mansalvo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the young boy who accompanied Harriet to the Mexican border?

2. How does the general respond to his ruined peso coin?

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

4. How many people accompany Harriet as she makes her way over the Mexican border?

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

(see the answer key)

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