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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fights over Margarito's treatment of the villager?
(a) Margarito and Luis Cervantes.
(b) Margarito and Camila.
(c) War Paint and Camila.
(d) War Paint and Margarito.

2. Why is Demetrio Macias in a bad mood after their skirmish in Jalisco?
(a) There had been too many Orozquistas.
(b) Some of his men had joined the Orozquistas.
(c) There had been no Orozquistas.
(d) They had been ambushed by Orozquistas.

3. What does a village man try to do to save the books from being burned?
(a) Takes them back by force.
(b) Hides them.
(c) Buy them.
(d) Trades them for jewels.

4. What does Margarito order that the bar is unable to provide?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

5. How do Pancracio and Lard die?
(a) They die from alcohol toxicity.
(b) They are shot in battle.
(c) They stab each other in a fight.
(d) They are ambushed by Federal soldiers.

6. What does the poor villager complain that Demetrio Macias' men have done to him?
(a) Taken all his flour.
(b) Taken all his corn.
(c) Killed all his animals.
(d) Burned down his house.

7. What does Demetrio Macias keep in his hands even as he dies?
(a) His guitar.
(b) A photo of his wife.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His knife.

8. Who is Demetrio Macias ordered to fight in Jalisco?
(a) Huerta.
(b) Orozco.
(c) Nadera.
(d) Montanes.

9. What does Margarito do to the villager?
(a) Beats him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Repays him.
(d) Stabs him.

10. What does War Paint claim as her advance on salary?
(a) A turquoise jewel box.
(b) A gold necklace.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A black mare.

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

12. What does Camila tell Demetrio Macias about Margarito?
(a) He is dishonest.
(b) He is disloyal.
(c) He is trying to take over.
(d) He is a bad man.

13. 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) Capture anyone who is trying to hide from them.
(c) Shoot anyone who is trying to hide from them.
(d) Take the supplies of those who are trying to hide from them.

14. What does Margarito call himself when he realizes he has accidentally killed his prisoner?
(a) A villain.
(b) An animal.
(c) A hero.
(d) A softie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Demetrio Macias ask Luis Cervantes about the trip to Aguascalientes?

2. Why do the townspeople gather when Demetrio Macias enters Don Monico's house?

3. What does Demetrio Macias offer to do if Margarito will join him?

4. What does Anastasio wonder about now that the Federal soldiers have been defeated?

5. Why does War Paint leave the celebratory banquet?

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