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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Demetrio Macias send his wife away?
(a) He believes the Federal soldiers will be back.
(b) He doesn't want her to be lonely while he is away.
(c) He doesn't want her to see him kill the soldiers.
(d) He believes she doesn't love him any more.

2. What does Luis Cervantes say Natera and Demetrio Macias will bring to their country?
(a) Nothing but optimism.
(b) Nothing but freedom.
(c) Nothing but glory.
(d) Nothing but shame.

3. What does Luis Cervantes advise Demetrio Macias to do?
(a) Ambush Natera's forces.
(b) Split from Natera's forces.
(c) Join with Natera's forces.
(d) Take over the command of Natera's forces.

4. Why does Senora Remigia have little food for Demetrio Macias' men?
(a) The Federal soldiers burned her fields.
(b) Her husband took her supplies off to the war.
(c) Bandits raided her compound.
(d) The Federal soldiers took everything.

5. What is the name of Demetrio Macias' rancho?
(a) Limon.
(b) Palomo.
(c) Dovecote.
(d) Rancho Grande.

6. What does Luis Cervantes begin to suspect about the revolutionaries?
(a) They cannot lose.
(b) They cannot win.
(c) They are nothing more than bandits.
(d) They are examples of courage.

7. What happens to two of Demetrio Macias' recruits during the celebration?
(a) They are shot and killed.
(b) They are sick from drinking too much.
(c) They land in jail.
(d) They run away.

8. What effect does Camila's speech have on Luis Cervantes?
(a) Like birds singing.
(b) Like a river over rocks.
(c) Like a guitar at night.
(d) Like steel scratching glass.

9. What does Natera say that he has heard abou Demetrio Macias?
(a) Demetrio Macias has met a succession of defeats.
(b) Demetrio Macias cannot be trusted to be loyal.
(c) Demetrio Macias will soon be a general himself.
(d) Demetrio Macias has been thrashing Federal soldiers.

10. What does the leader of the Federal soldiers intend to do with the bandits of Demetrio Macias?
(a) Keep them imprisoned in the village.
(b) Kill them all by himself.
(c) Take them back to the capital.
(d) Shoot them by firing squad.

11. What is the first cure the neighborhood women use for Demetrio Macias' fever?
(a) Pigeon blood on his abdomen.
(b) Corn liquor to drink.
(c) Alcohol-soaked bread on his abdomen.
(d) Pulque to drink.

12. Where does Demetrio Macias instruct his wife to go?
(a) To his father's house.
(b) To her uncle's house.
(c) To her father's house.
(d) To the neighbor's house.

13. What do Demetrio Macias' men do when they find Serapio and Antonio, who were thought to be lost, hanged?
(a) Break out a jug of pulque.
(b) Thank the Virgin of Guadalupe.
(c) Recite the Lord's prayer.
(d) Beat the two men for deserting.

14. What do Demetrio Macias' men plan to do if the Federal soldiers outnumber them?
(a) Kill them all.
(b) Scare them.
(c) Die bravely.
(d) Chase them out of town.

15. What does the leader of the Federal soldiers expect will be the result of the attack by Demetrio Macias?
(a) He will be given an award.
(b) He will be shot.
(c) He will be promoted to major.
(d) He will be sent to the capital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Demetrio Macias says that you find out who your true friends are in __________________.

2. Where does Demetrio Macias sleep the night after he leaves home?

3. Why does Demetrio Macias decide not to take a village girl with him?

4. What does Luis Cervantes say are the most sacred things any man has?

5. What does Luis Cervantes tell Camila her future would be like with Demetrio Macias?

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