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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, V - X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Senora Remigia have little food for Demetrio Macias' men?
(a) Her husband took her supplies off to the war.
(b) The Federal soldiers took everything.
(c) Bandits raided her compound.
(d) The Federal soldiers burned her fields.

2. What moves Luis Cervantes to change sides in the conflict?
(a) The chance to get loot.
(b) The suffering of the dispossessed.
(c) The hope of fighting on the winning side.
(d) The chance for the respect of the people.

3. What is the name of Demetrio Macias' rancho?
(a) Dovecote.
(b) Palomo.
(c) Limon.
(d) Rancho Grande.

4. To whom does the young carpenter who has been conscripted into the army pray?
(a) The Virgin of Guadalupe.
(b) His sainted mother.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus Christ.

5. What do Demetrio Macias' men plan to do if they outnumber the Federal soldiers?
(a) Scare them.
(b) Chase them out of town.
(c) Die bravely.
(d) Kill them all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luis Cervantes begin to suspect about the revolutionaries?

2. What does Luis Cervantes hear on his first fighting encounter with the rebels?

3. Why does Demetrio Macias think his hiding place is safe?

4. How did his men make a stretcher for the wounded Demetrio Macias?

5. What profession gives Venancio his medical knowledge?

(see the answer key)

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