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

2. Who takes Luis Cervantes' girlfriend for the night?
(a) Margarito.
(b) Demetrio Macias.
(c) Anastasio.
(d) Luis Cervantes.

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

4. Why is Luis Cervantes negotiating with Quail?
(a) He wants to sell his stolen loot.
(b) He wants Quail to steal goods for him.
(c) He wants to buy his stolen loot.
(d) He wants Quail to hide his stolen goods for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does War Paint threaten Camila?

2. Why are the rebels going to Aguascalientes?

3. Where is Luis Cervantes after the war?

4. Who intervenes on behalf of the villager?

5. Who does War Paint say is the only person who can kill her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between the way Margarito appears to Camila and the way he seems to War Paint?

2. What dream of Venancio's is quashed by Luis Cervantes?

3. What persuades Demetrio Macias' men that the deserters they encounter are telling the truth about Villa's defeat?

4. What does Luis Cervantes suggest that they do with their stolen money?

5. What does Margarito say happens to Luis Cervantes' girlfriends?

6. How does Demetrio Macias describe his relationships with women?

7. How are the men of the rebel band promoted in military standing?

8. Why does the poet Valderrama disappear from Demetrio Macias' group?

9. Why does Anastasio think they should be able to quit fighting?

10. Why doesn't War Paint's plan to rescue Camila from Demetrio Macias succeed?

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