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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Juan Salvador Villasenor traveling with his family in Chapter 8?
(a) Los Feliz.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Tijuana.

2. What is the reaction of Juan Salvador and his family upon seeing El Paso?
(a) They are disappointed.
(b) They cry because they are so happy.
(c) They are so tired they do not realize they are there.
(d) They are overjoyed.

3. What family pet does Dona Margarita have to kill for food?
(a) Inocenta's duck.
(b) Dona Margarita's dog.
(c) Luisa's goat.
(d) Juan's burro.

4. Where does Guadalupe work when her husband leaves her?
(a) A small army hospital.
(b) The local mine.
(c) A rich family's house.
(d) A vegetable shop in town.

5. Who are the two sides involved in the great war that is occurring in the valley?
(a) The Nationales and the Federales.
(b) The Villistas and the Carranzistas.
(c) The Nationales and the Libertadidos.
(d) The Guerillas and the Villistas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What one item of Colonel Maytorena's clothing does Lupe rescue from being discarded?

3. What year does the Mexican Revolution start?

4. Who is Epitacio?

5. What is the name of the town midwife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is it so hard for Don Benito to keep the secret that they have discovered gold?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

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

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