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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 does Margarito do to the villager?
(a) Repays him.
(b) Beats him.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Stabs him.

2. Why does Pancracio shoot the sacristan of the church in the village?
(a) He was rude.
(b) He was secretive.
(c) He was well dressed.
(d) He was silent.

3. What do the rebels take from Don Monico's house?
(a) Paper money.
(b) Gold and jewelry.
(c) Food and supplies.
(d) Nothing.

4. What saddens Demetrio Macias when they stop at a farmhouse for the night?
(a) The cruel treatment of the farm animals.
(b) The hard conditions of a crippled laborer.
(c) His longing for his own home.
(d) The poverty of the Mexican landowners.

5. What does Luis Cervantes advise Venancio to do?
(a) Go to medical school.
(b) Stay in the army.
(c) Retire to his ranch.
(d) Open a Mexican restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does the waiter get from Margarito?

2. How many men have the rebels recruited in a week?

3. What have they spent their money on?

4. What does Luis Cervantes present to Demetrio Macias at the banquet?

5. What does Demetrio Macias keep in his hands even as he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the second point of honor that Luis Cervantes loses?

2. What is the character of Margarito?

3. What point of honor did Luis Cervantes lose when chastising Demetrio Macias for looting private homes?

4. What persuades Demetrio Macias' men that the deserters they encounter are telling the truth about Villa's defeat?

5. Why does Anastasio think the kind of fighting they did when they killed the priest is worth it?

6. What attitude does War Paint take toward Camila when Luis Cervantes brings her to camp for Demetrio Macias?

7. Why do the members of Demetrio Macias' staff all smile in a sinister way when he tells them they are stopping to have lunch with his old friend Don Monico?

8. Why does Anastasio think they should be able to quit fighting?

9. What happened to Pancracio, Lard, and Margarito after Luis Cervantes left Mexico?

10. What did Demetrio Macias think about on the last night of his life?

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