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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Demetrio Macias hope to do when the war is over?
(a) Continue to fight for justice.
(b) Join the newly-formed government.
(c) Divide the spoils with the victors.
(d) Return to his land.

2. What did the villager who helped Demetrio Macias want the rebels to do in return?
(a) To find his brother.
(b) To kill his brother.
(c) To spare his brother.
(d) To release his brother from the guardhouse.

3. Why does Demetrio Macias think his hiding place is safe?
(a) The Federal soldiers don't know the territory.
(b) The Federal soldiers don't know how to track.
(c) Demetrio Macias has the high ground.
(d) The Federal soldiers are cowardly.

4. What does Luis Cervantes tell Demetrio Macias that Macias does not yet understand?
(a) Macias does not understand his own noble mission.
(b) Macias does not understand the thrill of battle.
(c) Macias does not understand the cacique system.
(d) Macias does not understand the villainy of politicians.

5. What effect does Senora Remigia's cure have on Demetrio Macias?
(a) It brings him much relief.
(b) It brings a little relief.
(c) It makes him worse.
(d) It brings him no relief.

6. What greets Demetrio Macias' men as they enter the plaza of the village?
(a) A group of peasants.
(b) A squadron of deserters.
(c) A hail of rifle fire.
(d) A priest and some beggars.

7. How does Luis Cervantes come to feel about the rebel cause after his experience with the federal army?
(a) The rebel cause comes from misunderstanding.
(b) The rebel cause is evil.
(c) The rebel cause is pure justice.
(d) The rebel cause is doomed.

8. Why had Don Monico come to arrest Demetrio Macias?
(a) Demetrio Macias was a Maderista.
(b) Demetrio Macias killed Felipe Diaz.
(c) Demetrio Macias was a witness to a murder.
(d) Demetrio Macias killed a man in a bar fight.

9. What treat does Demetrio Macias bring to his men in the hills?
(a) Tortillas.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Dried beef.
(d) Salt.

10. What does Demetrio Macias' wife want him to do to the marauders?
(a) Release them.
(b) Tell the authorities about them.
(c) Feed them dinner.
(d) Kill them.

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

12. What do Demetrio Macias' men do when they find Serapio and Antonio, who were thought to be lost, hanged?
(a) Break out a jug of pulque.
(b) Recite the Lord's prayer.
(c) Thank the Virgin of Guadalupe.
(d) Beat the two men for deserting.

13. How does Luis Cervantes believe Madero rewarded the peasants who helped him gain power?
(a) He paid them pensions.
(b) He gave them worthless bonuses.
(c) He gave them posts in the army.
(d) He sent them home.

14. What does the leader of the Federal soldiers expect will be the result of the attack by Demetrio Macias?
(a) He will be shot.
(b) He will be promoted to major.
(c) He will be given an award.
(d) He will be sent to the capital.

15. Where does Demetrio Macias instruct his wife to go?
(a) To her father's house.
(b) To her uncle's house.
(c) To his father's house.
(d) To the neighbor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill has made Demetrio Macias' men famous?

2. What does Luis Cervantes say Natera and Demetrio Macias will bring to their country?

3. What does Luis Cervantes tell Camila her future would be like with Demetrio Macias?

4. Why doesn't Camila want to go with Demetrio Macias?

5. To whom does the young carpenter who has been conscripted into the army pray?

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