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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 Don Tiburcio's dying request to his wife?

2. What is the one condition that Espirito and his people put on the spring when they sell it?

3. What does Dona Guadalupe offer to make for Don Benito?

4. How long does Don Victor believe it will take his family to gather enough gold to buy their way to the U.S.?

5. What do Epitacio and Juan see across the Rio Grande?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting like when Socorro is giving birth?

2. What does Lupe's family do for money in Chapter Three?

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

4. According to Chapter One, what is "Rain of Gold" about and in what time period does it take place?

5. Why do the Mexican people seem to think highly of Colonel Maytorena?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is used in this story. Please provide on example of how the author attempted to use symbolism in this story. Do you think that the author's attempts at symbolism are successful? Why or why not?

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