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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. Who fights over their card game?
2. By what animal's name do Demetrio Macias' men most often call the Federal soldiers?
3. What do Demetrio Macias' men do when they find Serapio and Antonio, who were thought to be lost, hanged?
4. What does the leader of the Federal soldiers intend to do with the bandits of Demetrio Macias?
5. What does the news from the capital say about Huerta?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Luis Cervantes try to persuade Camila to go with Demetrio Macias?
2. How did Luis Cervantes change his allegiance from the Federal army?
3. What does the shooting of the dog named "Palomo, the dove," symbolize?
4. 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?"
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. What kind of atmosphere is created as the rebels loot bodies of the soldiers they have killed?
8. Why does Luis Cervantes begin to suspect that he has made another mistake?
9. How do the rebels refer to their opponents and why?
10. Why does Demetrio Macias hate Don Monico?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Very near the end of the story, a "poet" named Valderrama appears mysteriously and then disappears. In your essay, discuss this literary device. What brings Valderrama into the group of rebels? What causes him to leave? What purpose does he serve for the author?
Essay Topic 2
The cover photo is a commentary in itself. What does the photo tell us about the person being photographed? About the nature of the story? About the revolution? Having read the story, does the significance of the photo seem greater to you? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward his characters and the situations about which he writes. Discuss the tone of this story. How do you think Azuela felt about the people he wrote about?
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