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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are the traveling group taking the body of the old gringo?
(a) To Culiacán.
(b) To Durango.
(c) To Saltillo.
(d) To Camargo.

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

4. Where had Harriet been living before moving to Washington D.C.?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does the old gringo believe is the fate of every revolutionary?
(a) To become a tyrant.
(b) To die young.
(c) To be remembered fondly.
(d) To be feared by the public.

6. What type of accent does Harriet have?
(a) East coast.
(b) British.
(c) New England.
(d) Southern.

7. Which of the following adjectives best describes the decor in General Arroyo's home?
(a) Bleak.
(b) Rich.
(c) Gaudy.
(d) Barren.

8. Where are the POWs who refuse to join with Pancho Villa held?
(a) In their own graves.
(b) In a giant metal cage.
(c) In swampy waters.
(d) In a pigsty.

9. What relationship did Harriet and Tomás have in Mexico?
(a) They were coworkers.
(b) They were lovers.
(c) They were neighbors.
(d) They were acquaintances.

10. How did La Luna get her name?
(a) For her round face.
(b) For her astrological skills.
(c) For her crazy personality.
(d) For her dreamy way of speaking.

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

12. 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) Tamaulipas.
(c) Durango.
(d) Coahuila

13. What does General Arroyo store in the wooden box in his train car?
(a) Old papers.
(b) Arrowheads.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Enemy scalps.

14. Which of the following characters does NOT accompany Harriet Winslow to the border?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Inocensia Mansalvo.
(c) La Garduña.
(d) Pedro.

15. In what city of Mexico did the old gringo die?
(a) Chihuahua.
(b) Guadalajara.
(c) Tijuana.
(d) Puebla.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the general respond to his ruined peso coin?

3. What does the old gringo regularly dream of?

4. What explodes in front of the old gringo right as he is entering Mexico?

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

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