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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. What does Mr. Delaney do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a cigarette salesman.
(c) He is a lobbyist.
(d) He is an optometrist.

2. Who states that the old gringo is probably a man of honor?
(a) La Garduña.
(b) Pedro.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) General Arroyo.

3. What does the general throw into the air for the old gringo to shoot?
(a) A bird.
(b) A stone.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A coin.

4. Whom does Harriet live with in Washington D.C.?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her best friend.

5. What color is the horse that the old gringo purchases?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Grey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet claim dried up in the heat of Mexico?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason the old gringo thinks he looks like an apparition?

4. How many days did the old gringo wander about the desert before finding the guerrillas?

5. Where is the old gringo buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Mexican soldiers joke about with the old gringo when he is allowed to dine with them?

2. How is Pancho Villa received by the American Press?

3. Why does the Colonel push his crew to hurry up with the old gringo's body?

4. What thoughts do Harriet and the old gringo have when they think they hear gunshots during the fiesta?

5. As an old woman, what is Harriet's life like?

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

7. What happens when the old gringo fights back against the enemy soldiers that attack him and General Arroyo as they are heading to Zacatecas?

8. How does the general respond to the coin the old gringo has just shot?

9. What does Harriet decide to do with the old gringo's body, and how does she reach this decision?

10. What does the old gringo carry with him when he travels?

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