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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 are the rebels going to Aguascalientes?
(a) To meet with the federal generals.
(b) To take a vacation from the fighting.
(c) To meet with the rebel generals.
(d) To vote for the provisional president.

2. How does Margarito terrorize the waiter in the cantina in Aguascalientes?
(a) He shoots a bottle of tequila from his head.
(b) He throws knives over his head.
(c) He throws darts around his head.
(d) He shoots at his feet to make him dance.

3. How do the rebels entertain themselves in the afternoon?
(a) Telling war stories.
(b) Shooting contests.
(c) Races.
(d) Cockfights.

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

5. Why does Margarito mistreat the Federal soldier he has taken prisoner?
(a) He is outraged at the Federal treatment.
(b) He enjoys watching suffering.
(c) He has gone mad.
(d) He has a personal vendetta against the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anastasio tell the time?

2. What does War Paint promise the kidnapped girl?

3. What does Luis Cervantes offer to Demetrio Macias?

4. Who intervenes on behalf of the villager?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the character of Margarito?

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

8. Why does Anastasio think the kind of fighting they did when they killed the priest is worth it?

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

10. What point of honor did Luis Cervantes lose when chastising Demetrio Macias for looting private homes?

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