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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does Harriet use in reference to the general during their argument?
(a) Evil.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Treacherous.
(d) Mad.

2. What does Harriet suspect of Mr. Delaney.
(a) That he is dating someone else on the side.
(b) That he is embezzling.
(c) That he is involved in some shady business deals.
(d) That he is secretly married.

3. Why does General Arroyo decide to burn down the hacienda?
(a) To embarrass the owners.
(b) To earn the insurance money.
(c) To search for bones buried under the buildings.
(d) To teach the guerrillas a lesson.

4. How old is the old gringo when he reaches Mexico?
(a) In his seventies.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his fifties.
(d) In his sixties.

5. What was Tomás Arroyo's name anglicized to?
(a) Thomas Mulvane.
(b) Tom Brooks.
(c) Tom Shepherd.
(d) Thoms Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Colonel who oversees the soldiers at the old gringo's graveside?

2. What type of church does Harriet attend weekly?

3. What does Inocencio Mansalvo think the old gringo has come into the desert to do?

4. How old is Pedro when he first meets the old gringo?

5. What is Harriet's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises the old gringo when he reaches El Paso, Texas?

2. What is the old gringo's first reaction to Harriet Winslow when he sees her in a crowd?

3. What does the Colonel tell his crew about the frontiers in the world?

4. Where does Colonel Frutos García find the old gringo?

5. What vanities does the old gringo have, and how do the other soldiers respond to them?

6. Why does General Arroyo hate the hacienda with such passion?

7. How did it come to be that Harriet was left without a dowry?

8. Why is the old gringo worried about his interactions with Harriet when he first meets her?

9. What happens after General Arroyo sets fire to the hacienda?

10. How does Harriet figure out who the old gringo truly is?

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