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

2. Demetrio Macias says he dreams of ______________.
(a) His wife.
(b) Camila.
(c) His children.
(d) War Paint.

3. What does Luis Cervantes present to Demetrio Macias at the banquet?
(a) A military stripe.
(b) A Mexican flag.
(c) A brass eagle.
(d) A certificate of valor.

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

5. What does Margarito do when the waiter can't fill his order?
(a) He stabs the waiter.
(b) He goes to another cantina.
(c) He shoots the waiter.
(d) He knocks the waiter down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valderrama count as the rebels travel to Juchipila?

2. Why is Demetrio Macias in a bad mood after their skirmish in Jalisco?

3. What does Luis Cervantes propose they do with what they have plundered?

4. How does Anastasio tell the time?

5. What does Demetrio Macias order his men to do when they enter the Sierra?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Pancracio, Lard, and Margarito after Luis Cervantes left Mexico?

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

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

4. Why is Demetrio Macias demoralized by their attempt to fight the Orozquistas?

5. Why does Valderrama think the men of the Sierra should be treated differently than the townspeople they have killed and robbed?

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

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

8. What did Demetrio Macias think about on the last night of his life?

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

10. How does Luis Cervantes justify stealing money from the people?

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