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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What art form did Harriet's family collect from uninterested Europeans?
2. How does the old gringo travel from Texas to Mexico?
3. Who organizes the cleanup of the hacienda fire?
4. What creature is present in the bottom of every mescal bottle?
5. Why doesn't the old gringo answer any of the horse salesman's questions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens after General Arroyo sets fire to the hacienda?
2. What happens in the few moments leading up to the old gringo's death?
3. How is Pancho Villa received by the American Press?
4. In what way does the reader get insight into Harriet Winslow's memories?
5. What happens when the letter from the Miranda family arrives to Harriet's home?
6. What thoughts do Harriet and the old gringo have when they think they hear gunshots during the fiesta?
7. What childhood memory does Arroyo have of don Graciano?
8. How does the general respond to the coin the old gringo has just shot?
9. Where does Colonel Frutos García find the old gringo?
10. How does the old gringo win over the general with his Colt .44?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
La Luna is a woman of unarguable strength in the novel. Explain the history La Luna has with the Mexican Revolution, and then explain the evolution of her relationship with General Arroyo.
Essay Topic 2
The role of newspaper reporters has a lot of power in this novel. Explain the role that the written word had first in the old gringo's life during the Civil War, and compare and contrast this impact to the role newspaper journalists had in Harriet's life upon returning home to Mexico.
Essay Topic 3
The old gringo has many names in the course of the novel: the old gringo, the American, and Ambrose Bierce. Explain how the old gringo gained each of these three names, and explain what each of the names means to him as a character.
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