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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Arroyo's father's dead body hung to rot?
(a) From a tree.
(b) At the Mexico/America border.
(c) Over the city's fence.
(d) In a well.

2. What does Arroyo hope Harriet will take back to America with her?
(a) Himself.
(b) Memories of Mexico.
(c) The Mexican children.
(d) Nothing, Arroyo hopes Harriet will never leave.

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

4. 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 prepare for the Mirandas' return.
(c) To clean out the dance floor for a competition.
(d) So that they no longer must eat ashes in their food.

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

6. Who had been spreading the rumors about an American soldier fighting alongside the Mexican revolutionaries?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Pancho Villa.
(d) General Arroyo.

7. Before leaving, how long did Arroyo live on the hacienda?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Forty years.

8. What does Harriet set out into the hallway to teach the servants about temptation?
(a) Gold plates.
(b) A box of jewels.
(c) Several pieces of gold silk.
(d) A bowl of pesos.

9. Where does Harriet plan to have the old gringo's body buried?
(a) In Arlington, Texas.
(b) In New York City.
(c) In Washington DC.
(d) In San Francisco.

10. On what day of the week did La Luna's servants line up to be paid?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

11. What does La Luna say women are that men are not?
(a) Manipulative.
(b) Clever.
(c) Secretive.
(d) Insecure.

12. Which of the following is NOT an adjective that Arroyo uses to describe his mother?
(a) Thin.
(b) Well-dressed.
(c) Clean.
(d) Foreign.

13. When do the Mexican people take siesta?
(a) After breakfast.
(b) After dinner.
(c) Before bed.
(d) After lunch.

14. Who is the first to say that if a man wants to be considered a good soldier, he must go out into battle hoping to die?
(a) Inocencio Mansalvo.
(b) General Arroyo.
(c) The old gringo.
(d) Colonel García.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dream Arroyo has in which his mother is legally married to his father, what becomes of his father's other wife?

2. How long does Arroyo wait in La Luna's house without food?

3. What does Arroyo feel is keeping him prisoner in his adulthood?

4. On what type of bed did Arroyo sleep when he was a child?

5. In what religion was La Luna raised?

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