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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 does the Colonel give to Lupe to give to her teacher?

2. Why does La Liebre decide to have Victoriano hanged in the town square?

3. What is the name of Juan Salvador's youngest brother?

4. What is in the pack that Don Victor brings on his back upon his return to his family?

5. Who goes with Don Castro to start a new community?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Five, why does La Liebre want Dona Guadalupe's family captured and killed? Why doesn't this happen?

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

3. What is the condition that the townspeople put on collecting the gold from the spring?

4. What does Juan tell God when he is collecting firewood?

5. What does Rose-Mary do to Lupe on her first day of school, and why?

6. What effect does the revolution have on Don Castro's village?

7. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

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

9. How is El Paso described the first time Juan and his family see it, and how do they feel upon arriving?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please define what characterization is and its purpose in a literary work, as well as the two specific types of characterization reviewed in class. Give three examples from the novel of the author's use of characterization (you may use the book for this essay question). Please use specific quotes or samples from the book that show characterization.

Essay Topic 2

Please define conflict in a literary work. What are the four types of conflict studied in class? Please define these conflicts and provide examples of two of them as evident in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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