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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does General Arroyo feel about the hacienda?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He respects it.
(c) He appreciates it.
(d) He thinks nothing of it.

2. What does Harriet claim dried up in the heat of Mexico?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her faith.
(c) Her dreams.
(d) Her hope.

3. What type of work did the old gringo do while he was fighting in the Civil War?
(a) Medical.
(b) Communications.
(c) Topography.
(d) Combat.

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

5. Where does the old gringo say that he wants to die?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In a boat on the sea.
(d) On the battle front.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the horse that the old gringo purchases?

2. Which military character does the old gringo think will test him more than any other character in the novel?

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

4. What does Inocencio Mansalvo think the old gringo has come into the desert to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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