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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of the armed forces did Harriet move to be closer to?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Army.

2. 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.

3. What is the name of the Colonel who oversees the soldiers at the old gringo's graveside?
(a) Colonel Franklin McGeeves.
(b) Colonel Frutos García.
(c) Colonel Fred Lopez.
(d) Colonel Fred Ferrett.

4. Where does Harriet sleep at night?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the old gringo's tent.
(c) In a small wooden hut by the river.
(d) In the train car.

5. What does the old gringo regularly dream of?
(a) Death.
(b) Water.
(c) War.
(d) Being comfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of accent does Harriet have?

2. Which of the following descriptions best describes La Garduña?

3. How does the army of guerrilla soldiers travel through Mexico?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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