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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 Archie want in return for helping Juan to start over with a new life and new name?

2. Who comes to bail Salvador out of prison?

3. When the Gomez family arrives in California, what do they learn about their daughter Sophia?

4. Where does Juan go to find the two men that stole his money and cut his face when he first arrives in Los Angeles?

5. When Lupe wakes up on her wedding day, what initial thoughts run through her mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Salvador ask Lupe for her hand in marriage?

2. How does the priest act when asking for Lupe's hand in marriage on behalf of Salvador?

3. What do the two men that stole Juan's money do to his car the day of the Cinco de Mayo parade?

4. How do Salvador and Domingo end up in jail in Chapter 23?

5. What role does Archie play at the wedding reception?

6. What has Lupe told Salvador about marriage that Dona Margarita says is true?

7. In what state does Juan find his mother when he arrives in Los Angeles?

8. Where do Salvador and Lupe go off to and talk during their reception?

9. When Juan visits his mother at church dressed like a woman, what information does she share with him?

10. How does Juan come to learn how to make liquor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 the two major reasons that so many Mexican residents, such as Lupe and her family, immigrated to the United States during the early 1900s. Please provide examples from the story. What are those who left Mexico for the U.S. looking for upon arriving in America? What do they find?

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