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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound do the old gringo and Harriet hear, which they think is gunshots?
(a) Horses galloping by.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Blacksmith hammers.
(d) Fireworks.

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

3. What look does Colonel Frutos García claim is written all over the old gringo's face?
(a) Pride.
(b) Hope.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Terror.

4. What does Harriet make Arroyo promise to never do, lest she never forgive him?
(a) Move away from Mexico.
(b) Kill the old gringo.
(c) Fall in love with her.
(d) Abandon the revolution.

5. In what religion was La Luna raised?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Later Day Saints.
(c) Jesuit.
(d) La Luz del Mundo.

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

7. What does don Graciano allow young Arroyo to hold while he is working in the hacienda?
(a) A copy of Don Quixote.
(b) A bundle of clean rags.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A set of keys.

8. When Harriet is dancing with Arroyo, whom does she imagine she is dancing with?
(a) Her father.
(b) The President.
(c) The old gringo
(d) Her brother.

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

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

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

12. In the dream Arroyo has in which his mother is legally married to his father, what becomes of his father's other wife?
(a) She is a beggar.
(b) She is a tailor.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a spinster.

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

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

15. Why did La Luna's husband lose interest in her?
(a) Because she was illiterate.
(b) Because she was boring.
(c) Because she was barren.
(d) Because she was unfaithful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet share with the old gringo, which makes her cling to him in Mexico?

2. When Harriet returns to what she left in the hallway, how much has been stolen?

3. Why does General Arroyo pull his hat down and his serape up?

4. Which of the following items does NOT adorn the statue of Jesus hanging on the cross during the Mexican fiesta?

5. Whom will the Old Gringo be buried next to?

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