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This test consists of 5 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) Inocencio Mansalvo.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

3. What reason does Colonel García give Pedro for the women waiting in line outside the village?
(a) They are refugees hoping for asylum.
(b) They are in love with the returning men.
(c) They are delirious with thirst.
(d) They are hoping for food handouts.

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

5. What does Harriet call "the enemy of life"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sin.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week did La Luna's servants line up to be paid?

2. What look does Colonel Frutos García claim is written all over the old gringo's face?

3. Which of the following best describes La Luna's husband?

4. Who had been spreading the rumors about an American soldier fighting alongside the Mexican revolutionaries?

5. In the dream Arroyo has in which his mother is legally married to his father, what becomes of his father's other wife?

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