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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Harriet when she arrives in Mexico?
(a) In her teens.
(b) In her twenties.
(c) In her thirties.
(d) In her forties.

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

3. From whom were the land grants to the Mexican people?
(a) The king of Spain.
(b) The king of Portugal.
(c) The king of England.
(d) The king of Russia.

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

5. What does the general throw into the air for the old gringo to shoot?
(a) A bird.
(b) A stone.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of the armed forces did Harriet move to be closer to?

2. Why doesn't the old gringo answer any of the horse salesman's questions?

3. What does Harriet remember the young Mexican boy who accompanied her to the Mexican border carrying?

4. In what war did the old gringo fight?

5. How does Harriet's mother respond to the news that Harriet is moving to Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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