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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill did the old gringo have that impressed Pedro?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Marksmanship.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Finding edible plants.

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

3. What was Tomás Arroyo's name anglicized to?
(a) Thoms Smith.
(b) Thomas Mulvane.
(c) Tom Brooks.
(d) Tom Shepherd.

4. What is Harriet's nationality?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Canadian.

5. How does the old gringo say goodbye to Harriet before leaving for Zacatecas?
(a) He does not say goodbye.
(b) He shakes her hand.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He hugs her.

6. What does the old gringo think will be atonement for his writing career?
(a) Being forgotten by his family.
(b) Living forever through his words.
(c) Dying in Mexico.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

7. What part of battle does the old gringo think will be the most exciting and noble?
(a) Caring for the injured.
(b) Working as a spy in enemy quarters.
(c) Fighting on the front lines.
(d) Loading ammunition for the soldiers.

8. Where did Harriet's father go to fight, and never returned from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Eupore.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Spain.

9. What is the other name the Mexican characters in the novel give to the old gringo?
(a) Old man.
(b) Old Señor.
(c) Old Tom.
(d) Old geezer.

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

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

12. Which of the following descriptions best describes La Garduña?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Young.
(c) Old.
(d) Mute.

13. Which of the following states was NOT at least partially owned by the family that originally owned the train car General Arroyo is sleeping in?
(a) Chihuahua.
(b) Durango.
(c) Tamaulipas.
(d) Coahuila

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

15. When Harriet dreams of Tomás, what thought takes over her mind?
(a) How they met each other.
(b) What could have been between them.
(c) Where they once lived.
(d) What she has lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the old gringo say that he wants to die?

2. What does the old gringo regularly dream of?

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

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

5. Which meal do the old man and woman in the tiny hut invite the old gringo to eat with them?

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