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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who had been spreading the rumors about an American soldier fighting alongside the Mexican revolutionaries?
2. On what type of bed did Arroyo sleep when he was a child?
3. Before leaving, how long did Arroyo live on the hacienda?
4. How did Arroyo plan to shame his father?
5. Which woman runs up the arriving soldiers and immediately begins flirting with them?
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 old gringo sets out to Mexico with the hopes of dying there. Explain why the old gringo is drawn to such a drastic conclusion, and what brings him to Mexico. Finally, explain why you think the old gringo does, or does not, achieve the goal he is after.
Essay Topic 3
The ballroom of the hacienda is a room of very special significance to the novel. Describe the ballroom and then choose two poignant moments in the text that happen in this room. Why is this room the only one Arroyo chooses not to destroy when he burns the hacienda to the ground?
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