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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of the young boy who accompanied Harriet to the Mexican border?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Louis.

5. What does the Colonel claim gringos come to the land of the Aztecs to do?
(a) Create their riches.
(b) Challenge their gods.
(c) Meet their destinies.
(d) Fight their demons.

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

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

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

9. What part of Harriet does the old gringo think is the only living thing in the desert?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her spirit.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her skin.

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

11. What type of person does the old gringo compare General Arroyo to?
(a) A revolutionary.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A buffoon.
(d) A sycophant.

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

13. Which meal do the old man and woman in the tiny hut invite the old gringo to eat with them?
(a) Siesta.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Breakfast.

14. What does the old gringo have marking his grave?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) A wooden cross.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A granite stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Arroyo store in the wooden box in his train car?

2. After Harriet's confrontation with General Arroyo, what beverage does she drink with the old gringo inside the Pullman car?

3. Whom does Harriet live with in Washington D.C.?

4. What skill did the old gringo have that impressed Pedro?

5. In what city of Mexico did the old gringo die?

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