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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. Why do the captive Sierra men refuse to answer Demetrio Macias' questions about where they are coming from?
(a) They can't tell which side Demetrio Macias is on.
(b) They don't speak the same dialect.
(c) They don't understand his question.
(d) They are Federal supporters.

2. What do Demetrio Macias' men brag about as they drink in the tavern at night?
(a) The future of the country.
(b) People they have frightened.
(c) Goods they have stolen.
(d) People they have killed.

3. With what does War Paint threaten Camila?
(a) She will be her enemy if Camila gossips about Margarito.
(b) She will give Camila to Margarito.
(c) She will gossip about Camila.
(d) She will take Demetrio Macias from Camila.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does War Paint do when no one defends her?

2. Why does Luis Cervantes recommend stopping in Aguascalientes?

3. What does Margarito claim he has trained his prisoner to do?

4. What surprising news do the captured men give Demetrio Macias?

5. What saddens Demetrio Macias when they stop at a farmhouse for the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What attitude does War Paint take toward Camila when Luis Cervantes brings her to camp for Demetrio Macias?

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

5. How does War Paint try to help Camila and the young girl Luis Cervantes claims as a girlfriend?

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

7. What lesson does Demetrio Macias tell Camila he has learned by watching Pifanio, the crippled man?

8. What lies do the women in Don Monico's house tell to protect themselves?

9. Why do the rebels feel justified in stealing goods from private homes and people?

10. What painful memory crosses Demetrio Macias' mind as Don Monico pleads for mercy for his wife and children?

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