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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Luis Cervantes riding with before Demetrio Macias?
(a) The federal army.
(b) Zapata.
(c) Villa.
(d) Carranza.

3. Why is Anastasio Montanes unafraid of bullets?
(a) He is too fast to be shot.
(b) He wears a bulletproof vest.
(c) He is hoping to die.
(d) He's been shot many times.

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

5. What does Camila call Demetrio Macias?
(a) A father figure to her.
(b) A fearless leader.
(c) A hero of the republic.
(d) A shameless old man.

6. Who helps Luis Cervantes to eat and cleans his wounded leg?
(a) Anastasio.
(b) Demetrio Macias.
(c) Camila.
(d) Quail.

7. How long has Luis Cervantes been fighting with the rebels?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two days.

8. Who kills the brother of the guide from the village?
(a) Pancracio.
(b) Luis Cervantes.
(c) Anastasio.
(d) Demetrio Macias.

9. What does Venancio want to do when the war is over?
(a) Get married.
(b) Grow his barber business.
(c) Become a doctor.
(d) Stay in the military.

10. What does Luis Cervantes say Villa, Carranza, and Natera are all fighting against?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Democracy.

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

12. To what does Luis Cervantes' old acquaintance compare the men in the revolution?
(a) Leaves in a hurricane.
(b) Stars in the sky.
(c) Mustangs on the range.
(d) Toy soldiers in a box.

13. How does Luis Cervantes refer to the rebels?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Coreligionists.
(c) Comrades in arms.
(d) Villains.

14. What keeps Luis Cervantes from sleeping on his first night with Demetrio Macias' band?
(a) The smell of animals.
(b) His wounded foot.
(c) His battered body.
(d) His sense of failure.

15. What skill has made Demetrio Macias' men famous?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Horsemanship.
(c) Military strategy.
(d) Marksmanship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did his men make a stretcher for the wounded Demetrio Macias?

2. What is Luis Cervantes' profession?

3. What do the marauders do to Demetrio Macias?

4. How does the villager assure Demetrio Macias that the Federal soldiers are not dangerous?

5. Why does Demetrio Macias send his wife away?

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