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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. Where did the Federal lieutenant meet Demetrio Macias?
(a) Hiding in the hills.
(b) In the battle of Zacatecas.
(c) In the canteen in town.
(d) In the penetentiary.

2. Why does Demetrio Macias decide not to take a village girl with him?
(a) He doesn't want to have to bring her back.
(b) He wants to be true to his wife.
(c) He doesn't want to leave dark memories.
(d) He doesn't want to frighten Camila.

3. What does Camila call Demetrio Macias?
(a) A hero of the republic.
(b) A fearless leader.
(c) A shameless old man.
(d) A father figure to her.

4. Why do the neighbor women come to borrow from Senora Remigia?
(a) She is a spy.
(b) They are without food.
(c) They enjoy her company.
(d) To gossip about Demetrio Macias.

5. What happens to two of Demetrio Macias' recruits during the celebration?
(a) They land in jail.
(b) They are shot and killed.
(c) They run away.
(d) They are sick from drinking too much.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Demetrio Macias say he would be doing if Don Monico hadn't tried to arrest him?

3. What does Pancracio do to Luis Cervantes when he approaches the camp?

4. Who kills the leader of the Federal soldiers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Demetrio Macias not want to take any of the women he admires into the towns they visit?

2. How does Crispin Robles recruit men to fight for the cause?

3. How does Camila expect Luis Cervantes to react when she tells him that Demetrio Macias has been flirting with her?

4. Why does Luis Cervantes begin to suspect that he has made another mistake?

5. What does the shooting of the dog named "Palomo, the dove," symbolize?

6. What kind of atmosphere is created as the rebels loot bodies of the soldiers they have killed?

7. Why does Luis Cervantes say he has come to join Demetrio Macias?

8. How do the rebels refer to their opponents and why?

9. How does the author describe the Sierra?

10. How is Luis Cervantes greeted when he first comes to the rebel camp?

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