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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the rebels entertain themselves in the afternoon?
(a) Telling war stories.
(b) Races.
(c) Shooting contests.
(d) Cockfights.

2. Why does Margarito mistreat the Federal soldier he has taken prisoner?
(a) He enjoys watching suffering.
(b) He is outraged at the Federal treatment.
(c) He has a personal vendetta against the man.
(d) He has gone mad.

3. What does Demetrio Macias take from the desk the rebels break into?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A jeweled letter opener.
(c) A small box of diamonds.
(d) A pocket watch.

4. Who does War Paint say is the only person who can kill her?
(a) Demetrio Macias.
(b) Camila.
(c) Margarito.
(d) Luis Cervantes.

5. What does Margarito think could kill him?
(a) His own pent-up fear.
(b) His own pent-up rage.
(c) A government spy.
(d) A faithless woman.

6. Why does Valderrama protest Demetrio Macias' order?
(a) The people of the Sierra are on their side.
(b) The people of the Sierra are pitiful.
(c) The people of the Sierra are harmless.
(d) The people of the Sierra are their brothers.

7. What does Luis Cervantes propose they do with what they have plundered?
(a) Leave the country with it.
(b) Stash it for the future.
(c) Help the poor.
(d) Go home with it.

8. Why does War Paint leave the celebratory banquet?
(a) She is bored by speeches.
(b) She is sleepy.
(c) She is sick and tired.
(d) She is insulted by speeches.

9. What is Valderrama's response to learning of the great defeat?
(a) He hates the revolution and doesn't care who lives or dies.
(b) His loyalty is to the men of the Sierra, not the government.
(c) His loyalty is to Demetrio Macias, not the government.
(d) He loves the revolution and doesn't care who lives or dies.

10. What does Luis Cervantes advise Venancio to do?
(a) Open a Mexican restaurant.
(b) Retire to his ranch.
(c) Go to medical school.
(d) Stay in the army.

11. What does Margarito claim he has trained his prisoner to do?
(a) Walk without shoes.
(b) Survive without water.
(c) Survive without eating.
(d) Face death without fear.

12. What does Valderrama count as the rebels travel to Juchipila?
(a) Crosses.
(b) Felled trees.
(c) Burned houses.
(d) Corpses.

13. What injury does the waiter get from Margarito?
(a) A cut on the head.
(b) A wounded foot.
(c) A lost ear.
(d) A damaged hand.

14. Where does Demetrio Macias receive orders to go from Tepatitlan?
(a) The Sierra.
(b) Aguascalientes.
(c) The capital.
(d) Zacatecas.

15. What does War Paint do when no one defends her?
(a) She kills Margarito.
(b) She kills Luis Cervantes.
(c) She kills Camila.
(d) She kills Demetrio Macias.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Demetrio Macias promise Luis Cervantes if he brings his love to him?

2. What does Luis Cervantes offer to Demetrio Macias?

3. What does Luis Cervantes present to Demetrio Macias at the banquet?

4. What does War Paint advise the kidnapped girl to do as the men leave?

5. What refrain from the song does Demetrio Macias repeat again and again?

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