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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Harriet share with the old gringo, which makes her cling to him in Mexico?
(a) The desire to travel.
(b) American roots.
(c) A love for literature.
(d) A fear of the Mexicans.

3. What does Harriet think Arroyo smells like?
(a) Over-ripe fruit.
(b) Grass.
(c) Sea side mist.
(d) A horse stable.

4. Which of the following best describes La Luna's husband?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Academic.

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

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

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

8. 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 tailor.
(b) She is a beggar.
(c) She is a spinster.
(d) She is a teacher.

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

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

11. Which of the following is the name Pancho Villa had before he became famous?
(a) Felipe Forzán.
(b) Frederico Mansalvo.
(c) Doroteo Arango.
(d) Marcus Olivarez.

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

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

14. Which woman runs up the arriving soldiers and immediately begins flirting with them?
(a) La Garduña.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Josefa.
(d) La Luna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Pancho Villa promise to help the revolutionary soldiers if they get "bogged down" in their battle?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What sound do the old gringo and Harriet hear, which they think is gunshots?

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