View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one room that Arroyo does NOT destroy when he burns the hacienda to the ground?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) The stables.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The servants' quarters.

2. 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 beggar.
(b) She is a tailor.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a spinster.

3. Where does Harriet plan to have the old gringo's body buried?
(a) In New York City.
(b) In Washington DC.
(c) In San Francisco.
(d) In Arlington, Texas.

4. Why does Harriet have the servants set to sweeping up the ashes in the hacienda?
(a) So that they no longer must eat ashes in their food.
(b) To clean out the dance floor for a competition.
(c) To prepare for the Mirandas' return.
(d) So they no longer track dirty footprints through the house.

5. Which of the following is NOT an adjective that Arroyo uses to describe his mother?
(a) Thin.
(b) Foreign.
(c) Clean.
(d) Well-dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harriet feel after she makes love to Arroyo?

2. Which character's real name is Ambrose Bierce?

3. What object belonging to Arroyo does the old gringo destroy moments before his death?

4. In what room of La Luna's home did General Arroyo hide during the early days of the revolution?

5. In what religion was La Luna raised?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 268 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample