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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 type of feeling does the old gringo begin to have toward General Arroyo after meeting alone with him in his home?
(a) Brotherly.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Paternal.

2. In what type of Mexican climate did Harriet live?
(a) Humid.
(b) Arid.
(c) Tropical.
(d) Rainy.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason the old gringo thinks he looks like an apparition?
(a) His white hair.
(b) His wrinkled skin.
(c) His white horse.
(d) His blue eyes.

4. Which of the following descriptions best describes La Garduña?
(a) Mute.
(b) Young.
(c) Old.
(d) Beautiful.

5. What does the old gringo have marking his grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A granite stone.
(d) A wooden cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Delaney do for a living?

2. What does Harriet remember the young Mexican boy who accompanied her to the Mexican border carrying?

3. What was Tomás Arroyo's name anglicized to?

4. What adjective does the old gringo use to describe his journalism work to Harriet?

5. What art form did Harriet's family collect from uninterested Europeans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction does La Luna have to hearing of Arroyo's infidelity?

2. What information is contained in the old papers General Arroyo stores in his train car?

3. Who is General Fierro?

4. What happened to each of the old gringo's children?

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

6. What memories does Harriet have when she is forced to dance with Arroyo in the ballroom?

7. What memories does Arroyo have when he is forcing Harriet to dance with him in the ballroom?

8. How does General Arroyo die?

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

10. Who is Tomás Arroyo?

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