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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. Where is Juan's body found?

2. What is in the room Juan sleeps in during his first night in Comala?

3. What makes Ana believe it is Miguel Páramo who rapes her?

4. What does Juan carry in his pocket to remind him of his mother?

5. Why does the priest hate Miguel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman tell Juan about the roads leaving from Comala?

2. How is Comala different from how Juan's mother describes it?

3. How does Fulgor get Dolores to agree to marry Pedro?

4. What does the burro driver tell Juan about how don Pedro treats women?

5. What clues are you given as to the boy's family's financial situation?

6. What does the woman tell Juan about nights in Comala?

7. Describe the relationship between don Pedro and Dolores.

8. Why is Father Rentería conflicted after Miguel's death?

9. Why does María Dyada believe that her sister Eduviges is worthy of redemption?

10. What are the two men who Juan hears in the street discussing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, Pedro thinks: "Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last" (95). Do you agree with this? Cite evidence from the text that supports your conclusion. Do any of the memories that affect the characters lives fade out? Which memories do not fade away? How do these memories affect the characters' fates?

Essay Topic 2

Rulfo uses the historical context of the 1910-1920 Mexican Civil War to frame his novel. Based on what you learn about the Revolution and on your reading of the novel, do you think this revolution is a true revolution of the peasants or is it based on other less lofty ideals? Explain Pedro's, El Tilcuate's and Father Rentería's role in the Revolution. What does each of their roles in the Revolution reveal about their character?

Essay Topic 3

Dolores is a conflicted character. Originally she is in love with Pedro and excited to learn he wants to marry her, but she soon becomes disenchanted with her life with him.

- What causes Dolores' change of heart?

- Dolores tells Juan not to ask his father for anything, but also to make him pay. Explain what you think she means by this. What do you think Dolores actually wants Juan to do? Using examples from the text explain why you think this.

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