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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 Pancracio do to Luis Cervantes when he approaches the camp?

2. According to Demetrio Macias, who defeated all the federal soldiers in town with just a half dozen men?

3. How does Luis Cervantes believe Madero rewarded the peasants who helped him gain power?

4. How does Luis Cervantes come to feel about the rebel cause after his experience with the federal army?

5. What does Luis Cervantes say are the most sacred things any man has?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the rebels refer to their opponents and why?

3. 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?

4. Why does Demetrio Macias hate Don Monico?

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

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

7. How does the author describe the Sierra?

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

9. Why is Luis Cervantes annoyed by Camila?

10. Who are Serapio and Antonio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the information given in the foreword, write an essay explaining the progress of the revolution. What happened after the defeat of Huerta? Where does this story fit into the time line of the revolution? How much time is covered during 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

What do you think the author's purpose was in writing this story? Does it have relevance to readers almost a century later? If there is a moral to the story, what is it? In your essay, discuss what you believe the author's overarching reason for writing this book would be and whether it is of value today.

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