The Old Gringo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Old Gringo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What type of person does the old gringo compare General Arroyo to?
(a) A revolutionary.
(b) A buffoon.
(c) A sycophant.
(d) A dictator.

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

3. In what city of Texas does the old gringo stop before he travels to Mexico?
(a) Highlands.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Bigfoot.
(d) Alamo.

4. In what war did the old gringo fight?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

5. How many people accompany Harriet as she makes her way over the Mexican border?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which military character does the old gringo think will test him more than any other character in the novel?

2. What does the traveling party admit was one of the old gringo's biggest flaws?

3. What does the Colonel claim gringos come to the land of the Aztecs to do?

4. How does the old gringo say goodbye to Harriet before leaving for Zacatecas?

5. What skill did the old gringo have that impressed Pedro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is contained in the old papers General Arroyo stores in his train car?

2. How does Harriet figure out who the old gringo truly is?

3. What reaction does La Luna have to hearing of Arroyo's infidelity?

4. How has Harriet come to be alone in Mexico?

5. How did it come to be that Harriet was left without a dowry?

6. Who is General Fierro?

7. What proclamation does Inocencio Mansalvo make at the border of Mexico and America?

8. What thoughts do Harriet and the old gringo have when they think they hear gunshots during the fiesta?

9. How did La Luna's husband feel about servants?

10. Who is Mr. Delaney?

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