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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the type of home that the family who hired Harriet live in called?
(a) A casa.
(b) A biblioteca.
(c) A castillo.
(d) A hacienda.

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

3. Which of the following is NOT offered to the old gringo after he shoots the coin?
(a) A sombrero.
(b) Mescal.
(c) Food.
(d) A bed to sleep on.

4. What does the Colonel say is the only frontier left for gringos?
(a) The South.
(b) The North.
(c) The West.
(d) The East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are all the clothes that the old gringo wears to travel?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes the decor in General Arroyo's home?

3. Why has Harriet come to Mexico?

4. What is the name of the Colonel who oversees the soldiers at the old gringo's graveside?

5. What does the traveling party admit was one of the old gringo's biggest flaws?

(see the answer key)

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