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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pancho Villa jokes with reporters about relocating north to where?
(a) To Texas.
(b) To Arizona.
(c) To California.
(d) To Nevada.

2. What type of man does Arroyo view as the most dangerous kind in the world?
(a) A brave man.
(b) A cowardly man.
(c) A stupid man.
(d) An egocentric man.

3. Which character's real name is Ambrose Bierce?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Inocencio Mansalvo.
(c) Raul Walsh.
(d) The old gringo.

4. How can the old gringo tell that La Luna is an educated woman?
(a) By her unmarked face.
(b) By her vocabulary.
(c) By her soft hands.
(d) By her mathematical skills.

5. Why does Harriet have the servants set to sweeping up the ashes in the hacienda?
(a) So they no longer track dirty footprints through the house.
(b) To clean out the dance floor for a competition.
(c) So that they no longer must eat ashes in their food.
(d) To prepare for the Mirandas' return.

6. After the old gringo dies, what freak weather occurs in the desert?
(a) A tornado strikes.
(b) It hails.
(c) It rains.
(d) It snows.

7. What does Arroyo feel is keeping him prisoner in his adulthood?
(a) His inability to read.
(b) His race.
(c) His lack of a father.
(d) His role in the revolution.

8. Whom does Arroyo think Harriet smells like?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His mother.

9. How does the old gringo feel about Harriet's relationship with Arroyo?
(a) He is pleased for them.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He is sorry for Harriet.
(d) He doesn't care.

10. What does the old gringo think is the one factor that permeates all relationships?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Longing.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Understanding.

11. In what room of La Luna's home did General Arroyo hide during the early days of the revolution?
(a) In her bathroom.
(b) In her basement.
(c) In her attic.
(d) In her closet.

12. When Harriet is forced to dance with Arroyo in the ballroom, where does she imagine that she is?
(a) In heaven.
(b) Back in Washington.
(c) Back in New York.
(d) Down by the sea.

13. What type of dog was penned in with Arroyo when he was hiding in La Luna's home?
(a) Poodle.
(b) Schnauzer.
(c) Chihuahua.
(d) Mastiff.

14. How old is the girl that Harriet saves by sucking phlegm out of her throat?
(a) She is fifteen.
(b) She is an infant.
(c) She is five.
(d) She is ten.

15. What is the one room that Arroyo does NOT destroy when he burns the hacienda to the ground?
(a) The stables.
(b) The ballroom.
(c) The servants' quarters.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did La Luna's husband lose interest in her?

2. Who accompanies Harriet to the chapel where she must pick up the old gringo's body?

3. Which of the following is NOT an adjective that Arroyo uses to describe his mother?

4. What does Harriet think the old gringo smells like?

5. What does La Luna use to muffle the sound of her voice when she is gossiping with Harriet?

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