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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 weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?

2. Who is congratulated by the midwife for her assistance during Socorro's delivery?

3. Why is Juan trying to sell firewood?

4. What does Don Victor tell Lupe that makes her resent him?

5. Many years after the new community is settled, how does the revolution affect this small community?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

3. Where does Juan look to gather firewood to sell?

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

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

6. What happens to Victoriano, Ramon, and Don Benito on the day they are planning to blast out the gold?

7. Under what circumstances does Guadalupe meet Don Victor and marry him?

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

9. What does Lupe do with the Colonel's gray coat that Socorro throws out?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Please explain what foreshadowing is in a literary work. Provide two examples that you believe show foreshadowing in the story "Rain of Gold". In your opinion, is foreshadowing a helpful literary technique? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the difference between major and minor characters, the purpose for each in a work of fiction, and provide three examples (if possible) for minor and major characters.

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