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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luis Cervantes try to persuade Demetrio Macias to do before attacking a village?

2. What does the leader of the Federal soldiers expect will be the result of the attack by Demetrio Macias?

3. What does Luis Cervantes tell Demetrio Macias that Macias does not yet understand?

4. What does Luis Cervantes say will be the result of their uprising?

5. What did the villager who helped Demetrio Macias want the rebels to do in return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Demetrio Macias order Quail to steal a priest's cassock?

2. Why does Luis Cervantes think that Demetrio Macias has run into the hills?

3. What had offended Luis Cervantes during his time with the Federal army?

4. Why does Demetrio Macias hate Don Monico?

5. How is Luis Cervantes greeted when he first comes to the rebel camp?

6. How did General Natera react to Demetrio Macias' arrival in Zacatecas?

7. What does Luis Cervantes try to persuade Demetrio Macias to do as they approach the town where they are planning to attack the Federal soldiers?

8. How were Demetrio Macias and his men able to get the drop on the Federal soldiers in the barracks?

9. The author uses the words "gold" or "golden" several times in his description of the Sierra. What symbolism might there be in calling the calf they are preparing to eat "golden?"

10. How does Camila expect Luis Cervantes to react when she tells him that Demetrio Macias has been flirting with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ironies do you see in this story? For instance, is it ironic that those who are fighting for the rights of the poor end up stealing from the poor and often killing them? Irony occurs whenever the result is unexpected. In your essay, discuss the use of irony in this story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the personalities of the two main female characters, War Paint and Camila, in this story. How are they like one another? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Palomo, the dove, is a significant symbol in this story, as is the rock that Demetrio Macias throws and then watches as it falls inexorably to the bottom. In your essay, discuss some of the symbols and what they represent.

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