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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Camila ask Demetrio Macias for permission to do when the rebels leave?
(a) Come with him.
(b) Carry a gun.
(c) Go home.
(d) Shoot War Paint.

3. What does Demetrio Macias order his men to do when they enter the Sierra?
(a) Burn the homes of those who are trying to hide from them.
(b) Shoot anyone who is trying to hide from them.
(c) Take the supplies of those who are trying to hide from them.
(d) Capture anyone who is trying to hide from them.

4. Why does Luis Cervantes object to the looting?
(a) It is the same behavior the Federal soldiers display.
(b) It ruins the reputation of the rebels and their cause.
(c) It brings small rewards.
(d) It causes retaliation.

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

6. Why does Luis Cervantes recommend stopping in Aguascalientes?
(a) They need to tend to their wounded.
(b) They are running out of money.
(c) They need to bathe and get haircuts.
(d) They need to rest.

7. How does Anastasio tell the time?
(a) By asking War Paint.
(b) By the location of the stars in the Big Dipper.
(c) By his stolen watch.
(d) By gauging the light.

8. What does Luis Cervantes offer to Demetrio Macias?
(a) A larger share of the loot.
(b) A plan for the upcoming pillaging.
(c) An explanation for the other generals.
(d) An accounting of the goods they have plundered.

9. Where had the two old friends originally become acquainted?
(a) Demetrio Macias' farm.
(b) The tavern in Zacatecas.
(c) The Federal army.
(d) The Escobedo Penitentiary.

10. What does Demetrio Macias promise Camila?
(a) He will send War Paint away.
(b) He will keep her with him always.
(c) He will let her go home.
(d) He will let her carry a gun.

11. Why does Valderrama not hear the news about the great defeat?
(a) Valderrama hides when bad news is being delivered.
(b) Valderrama was on patrol when the captives were questioned.
(c) Valderrama was asleep when the captives were questioned.
(d) Valderrama stays away when people might be killed.

12. What saddens Demetrio Macias when they stop at a farmhouse for the night?
(a) The hard conditions of a crippled laborer.
(b) The poverty of the Mexican landowners.
(c) His longing for his own home.
(d) The cruel treatment of the farm animals.

13. Why have Demetrio Macias' friends prepared a banquet in his honor?
(a) To celebrate his promotion to general.
(b) To celebrate his birthday.
(c) To celebrate his promotion to colonel.
(d) To celebrate his conquering the town.

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

15. What does Quail decide to do with the plush curtains they are looting?
(a) Use them to kidnap the girl in the family.
(b) Use them to put out the barbecue fire.
(c) Use them as saddle blankets.
(d) Use them for capes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Venancio hope to do after the war?

2. What organization does Luis Cervantes advise Venancio to join?

3. Why do the captive Sierra men refuse to answer Demetrio Macias' questions about where they are coming from?

4. Where is Luis Cervantes after the war?

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

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