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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what Mexican city does Pancho Villa arrive to interact with the American Press?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Toluca.
(c) Tampico.
(d) Camargo.

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

4. How does the old gringo feel when he thinks back on his time in the Civil War?
(a) He wishes the fight could have lasted longer.
(b) He feels pangs of love.
(c) He doesn't remember anything about the war.
(d) He rejoices.

5. Where will Arroyo's body be buried?
(a) In an unmarked grave in the desert.
(b) He will be buried at sea.
(c) He will be cremated, with his ashes scattered throughout Mexico.
(d) Beneath the hacienda.

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

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

8. How does Arroyo kill the old gringo?
(a) He shoots him.
(b) He strangles him.
(c) He stabs him.
(d) He beats him to death.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. What does La Luna use to muffle the sound of her voice when she is gossiping with Harriet?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A faucet of running water.
(c) A record player.
(d) A violin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What relationship does Harriet claim to have with the old gringo in front of Pancho Villa?

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

4. What object belonging to Arroyo does the old gringo destroy moments before his death?

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

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