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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Corn liquor to drink.
(d) Pigeon blood on his abdomen.

2. How does Luis Cervantes believe Madero rewarded the peasants who helped him gain power?
(a) He sent them home.
(b) He gave them posts in the army.
(c) He paid them pensions.
(d) He gave them worthless bonuses.

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

4. What does Pancracio do to Luis Cervantes when he approaches the camp?
(a) Ties his hands together.
(b) Grabs him from behind.
(c) Shoots him in the foot.
(d) Stabs him in the back.

5. Why had Don Monico come to arrest Demetrio Macias?
(a) Demetrio Macias killed Felipe Diaz.
(b) Demetrio Macias killed a man in a bar fight.
(c) Demetrio Macias was a Maderista.
(d) Demetrio Macias was a witness to a murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news do the muleteers bring to the revolutionaries?

2. To what does Luis Cervantes' old acquaintance compare the men in the revolution?

3. What does Luis Cervantes say Natera and Demetrio Macias will bring to their country?

4. What does Quail have nightmares about?

5. Why do the neighbor women come to borrow from Senora Remigia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Demetrio Macias not want to take any of the women he admires into the towns they visit?

2. What does the shooting of the dog named "Palomo, the dove," symbolize?

3. What kindness from a village girl impresses Demetrio Macias?

4. What does Luis Cervantes try to persuade Demetrio Macias to do as they approach the town where they are planning to attack the Federal soldiers?

5. How does Camila expect Luis Cervantes to react when she tells him that Demetrio Macias has been flirting with her?

6. The author uses the words "gold" or "golden" several times in his description of the Sierra. What symbolism might there be in calling the calf they are preparing to eat "golden?"

7. How does the author describe the Sierra?

8. What had offended Luis Cervantes during his time with the Federal army?

9. How does Luis Cervantes try to persuade Camila to go with Demetrio Macias?

10. Who are Serapio and Antonio?

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