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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 Quail's response to learning of the great defeat?
(a) Now we are doomed.
(b) Now we are martyrs.
(c) Now we are heroes.
(d) Now it's every man for himself.

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

3. Who intervenes on behalf of the villager?
(a) Luis Cervantes.
(b) Anastasio.
(c) Margarito.
(d) Camila.

4. What premonition does Demetrio Macias have?
(a) "Something's going to happen to me."
(b) "Mexico will rise like the sun."
(c) "The Federals will capture me."
(d) "Someone's going to kill me."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Demetrio Macias unable to remember?

2. How does Margarito express his suicidal wish?

3. Why are the rebels going to Aguascalientes?

4. Who is Demetrio Macias ordered to fight in Jalisco?

5. What organization does Luis Cervantes advise Venancio to join?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the second point of honor that Luis Cervantes loses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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