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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. Why does the first owner sell the spring?

2. How many men start the new community with Don Castro?

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

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

5. What does Don Victor tell Lupe that makes her resent him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter Eight, what has recently happened to Emilia?

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

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

10. In Chapter Five, why does La Liebre want Dona Guadalupe's family captured and killed? Why doesn't this happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define what a back-story is in literature and the purpose it serves. Please provide one example of a back-story that can be found in "Rain of Gold" and give your opinion on whether or not this back-story meets all the qualifications of an acceptable back-story.

Essay Topic 2

Please compare and contrast the idea of courting versus today's idea of dating. What is found in this story? Courting or dating? Please explain the scenario in which courting or dating is found in this story, which characters are involved, and how their courtship ends.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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