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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom will the Old Gringo be buried next to?
(a) The old gringo's wife.
(b) The old gringo's daughter.
(c) Harriet's father.
(d) Harriet's mother.

2. What does Harriet set out into the hallway to teach the servants about temptation?
(a) Several pieces of gold silk.
(b) A box of jewels.
(c) A bowl of pesos.
(d) Gold plates.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the outfit Pancho Villa is wearing when he arrives to speak with American reporters?
(a) Covered in buckles.
(b) Made of black buckskin.
(c) Covered in zippers.
(d) Covered in silver and gold buttons.

4. What sound do the old gringo and Harriet hear, which they think is gunshots?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Horses galloping by.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Blacksmith hammers.

5. What reason does Colonel García give Pedro for the women waiting in line outside the village?
(a) They are in love with the returning men.
(b) They are hoping for food handouts.
(c) They are refugees hoping for asylum.
(d) They are delirious with thirst.

6. Who is the first to say that if a man wants to be considered a good soldier, he must go out into battle hoping to die?
(a) Inocencio Mansalvo.
(b) Colonel García.
(c) General Arroyo.
(d) The old gringo.

7. What does Harriet think is living inside the bodies of all living people?
(a) Werewolves.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Spirits.

8. Whom does Arroyo think Harriet smells like?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

9. In what Mexican city does Pancho Villa arrive to interact with the American Press?
(a) Toluca.
(b) Tampico.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Camargo.

10. In the dream Arroyo has in which his mother is legally married to his father, what becomes of his father's other wife?
(a) She is a spinster.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a tailor.
(d) She is a beggar.

11. Who had been spreading the rumors about an American soldier fighting alongside the Mexican revolutionaries?
(a) Pedro.
(b) General Arroyo.
(c) Pancho Villa.
(d) Harriet.

12. Where will Arroyo's body be buried?
(a) In an unmarked grave in the desert.
(b) Beneath the hacienda.
(c) He will be cremated, with his ashes scattered throughout Mexico.
(d) He will be buried at sea.

13. What does Arroyo feel is keeping him prisoner in his adulthood?
(a) His lack of a father.
(b) His race.
(c) His inability to read.
(d) His role in the revolution.

14. How does Arroyo kill the old gringo?
(a) He shoots him.
(b) He beats him to death.
(c) He strangles him.
(d) He stabs him.

15. What does Harriet call "the enemy of life"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sin.
(c) Death.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the old gringo tell that La Luna is an educated woman?

2. Before leaving, how long did Arroyo live on the hacienda?

3. Which of the following is the name Pancho Villa had before he became famous?

4. When Harriet returns to what she left in the hallway, how much has been stolen?

5. Pancho Villa jokes with reporters about relocating north to where?

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