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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the army of guerrilla soldiers travel through Mexico?
(a) On foot.
(b) By horseback.
(c) By boat.
(d) By train.

2. When Harriet dreams of Tomás, what thought takes over her mind?
(a) What she has lost.
(b) Where they once lived.
(c) What could have been between them.
(d) How they met each other.

3. What creature is present in the bottom of every mescal bottle?
(a) A worm.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A beetle.
(d) A cricket.

4. What type of person does the old gringo compare General Arroyo to?
(a) A dictator.
(b) A sycophant.
(c) A revolutionary.
(d) A buffoon.

5. What does the Colonel claim gringos come to the land of the Aztecs to do?
(a) Create their riches.
(b) Meet their destinies.
(c) Fight their demons.
(d) Challenge their gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the POWs who refuse to join with Pancho Villa held?

2. What does the general throw into the air for the old gringo to shoot?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason the old gringo thinks he looks like an apparition?

4. Why does the old gringo think that Harriet was hired?

5. What does the old gringo regularly dream of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the old gringo feel about deceit?

2. What does the Colonel tell his crew about the frontiers in the world?

3. What is the nature of the conversation which transpires between the old gringo and the man who is selling him his horse?

4. Who is Tomás Arroyo?

5. What memories does Arroyo have when he is forcing Harriet to dance with him in the ballroom?

6. How does General Arroyo die?

7. What do the Mexican soldiers joke about with the old gringo when he is allowed to dine with them?

8. How does the old gringo find out General Arroyo's secret?

9. What does the old gringo carry with him when he travels?

10. How does Harriet pass her time while she is living with her mother?

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