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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. Why does Socorro throw out all of her husband's clothing?
(a) She needs to move and cannot take them all with her.
(b) She recognizes that she should donate them to others.
(c) She is going to buy him all new clothes for his return.
(d) She is angry and wants to say good-bye to him forever.

2. Why does Juan Salvador distract the foreman of a farm as his family is passing it?
(a) Because he is a troublemaker.
(b) So that his family can sneak into the barn to take a nap.
(c) So that his family can cut through the field as a shortcut.
(d) So that his family can steal corn.

3. Who is Epitacio?
(a) Luisa's second husband.
(b) Dona Margarita's brother-in-law.
(c) Don Castro's uncle.
(d) Juan Salvador's oldest brother.

4. Who misses the train to America with Juan?
(a) No one, he is all alone.
(b) Inocenta.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Luisa.

5. Why does Dona Guadalupe and her family crush the gold ore they have discovered into dust?
(a) To make it seem like they have more.
(b) To make it seem like it came from the river.
(c) Because it is more ore than gold.
(d) Because that is what you are supposed to do to gold ore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Guadalupe work when her husband leaves her?

2. Who does the second owner sell the mine to?

3. When Juan is talking to God, who does he say he needs help for?

4. What do the villagers do as a result of the revolution on their small community?

5. Where does Don Castro set out from when leaving to start a new community?

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

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

4. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

5. Where does Juan look to gather firewood to sell?

6. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?

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

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

9. What happens to Victoriano, Ramon, and Don Benito on the day they are planning to blast out the gold?

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

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