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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Demetrio Macias says that you find out who your true friends are in __________________.
(a) Bed and prison.
(b) Hospital and school.
(c) Church and school.
(d) Hospital and prison.

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

3. What did the villager who helped Demetrio Macias want the rebels to do in return?
(a) To release his brother from the guardhouse.
(b) To find his brother.
(c) To spare his brother.
(d) To kill his brother.

4. What does Demetrio Macias' wife want him to do to the marauders?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Feed them dinner.
(c) Release them.
(d) Tell the authorities about them.

5. To whom does the young carpenter who has been conscripted into the army pray?
(a) God.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) His sainted mother.
(d) The Virgin of Guadalupe.

6. How many battles has the leader of the Federal soldiers fought?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

7. How does the villager assure Demetrio Macias that the Federal soldiers are not dangerous?
(a) They have no weapons.
(b) They are untrained fighters.
(c) They were drafted against their will.
(d) They are poorly educated.

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

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

10. What honor does Natera give Demetrio Macias?
(a) He gives him a hero's award.
(b) He makes him a captain.
(c) He makes him a colonel.
(d) He makes him a general.

11. Who kills the leader of the Federal soldiers?
(a) Luis Cervantes.
(b) Demetrio Macias.
(c) Anastasio.
(d) Pancracio.

12. What greets Demetrio Macias' men as they enter the plaza of the village?
(a) A priest and some beggars.
(b) A group of peasants.
(c) A hail of rifle fire.
(d) A squadron of deserters.

13. How does Crispin Robles recruit men to fight with him?
(a) He takes them at gunpoint.
(b) He frees them from jail.
(c) He promises them bonuses.
(d) He ambushes them from the Federal army lines.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Natera say that he has heard abou Demetrio Macias?

2. Why does Demetrio Macias send his wife away?

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

4. What keeps Luis Cervantes from sleeping on his first night with Demetrio Macias' band?

5. What does Pancracio do to Luis Cervantes when he approaches the camp?

(see the answer keys)

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