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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that crashes into the canyon and causes many, including Guadalupe, to think it is the end of the world?

2. What job does Dona Margarita get so that she can feed her family?

3. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?

4. As Juan heads back to Juarez, how does the city look?

5. What has the mine been named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Don Manuel's behavior when he comes to perform at Sophia's wedding, and why?

2. What are Don Pio Castro and his brothers looking for when they set out from Mexico City?

3. What is Lupe supposed to give her teacher on the first day of school?

4. What is Don Victor's plan to raise enough money for his family to leave for America? How long will this project take?

5. How does Guadalupe come to live with Leonides Camargo?

6. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?

7. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

8. Why does Socorro leave to go to the lowlands, and what is Victoriano's response?

9. What happens to the teacher's salary in the little village and what action do the townspeople take when they find out?

10. What happens to the village and to Dona Guadalupe when the mine is closed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is narrative mode? Please describe the three main types of narrative mode. What narrative mode(s) are used in "Rain of Gold? Please provide an example of this narrative mode.

Essay Topic 2

Religion is seen throughout the story. What role does religion play in this novel and in the lives of the characters in the story? Please provide two to four examples of the role or purpose of religion in the story and in the lives of the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Please define what a plot twist is in a novel. Provide one main example of a plot twist that can be found in this story, and how it changed the direction of the plot.

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