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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 say will be the result of their uprising?

2. What does the neighborhood say has happened to Marcelina?

3. What does Luis Cervantes tell Camila her future would be like with Demetrio Macias?

4. How do the rebels refer to their loot?

5. What do Demetrio Macias' men do when they find Serapio and Antonio, who were thought to be lost, hanged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Demetrio Macias hate Don Monico?

2. How does Luis Cervantes escape being shot to death by Demetrio Macias' men?

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

4. Why is Alberto Solis surprised to see Luis Cervantes in Zacatecas?

5. How does Crispin Robles recruit men to fight for the cause?

6. How does Luis Cervantes react when Camila tells him that Demetrio Macias has been flirting with her?

7. Why does Luis Cervantes begin to suspect that he has made another mistake?

8. Why does the villager tell Demetrio Macias that it doesn't matter how many Federal soldiers are in the barracks?

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

10. Who are Serapio and Antonio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margarito's self-hatred explodes when he shoots his own image in the mirror, and then later when he actually commits suicide. Are there other instances of foreshadowing in this story, when the conclusion of events is presaged by a symbolic or similar event? In your essay, show examples of foreshadowing in the plot of this story.

Essay Topic 2

In the story, much is made of Luis Cervantes' ability to read, write, and deliver speeches. What differences does his education make to him? To those around him? How does it affect the outcome of his life?

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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