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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. At the funeral celebration for Don Benito, who announces that they are getting married?

2. Why is Victoriano looking through the discarded ore for gold?

3. What does Dona Guadalupe want to do with her share of the gold that they have found?

4. Why do the poor Mexicans think highly of Colonel Maytorena?

5. Where is most of the good firewood found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the setting like when Socorro is giving birth?

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

5. What is Don Manuel's behavior when he comes to perform at Sophia's wedding, and why?

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

7. How is El Paso described the first time Juan and his family see it, and how do they feel upon arriving?

8. Why do Juan and Eduardo miss the train?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Please describe what purpose tone plays in a novel, what/where tone is seen or conveyed in a novel, and provide three examples of tone in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Gold and wealth is a topic that is seen throughout the novel. Please describe the role of gold and/or money (wealth) in the following stages of the story: 1) In the village life of La Lluvia de Oro and those who lived there, 2) In the case of those trying to travel to the U.S. in order to leave Mexico, and 3) In the lives of Lupe's family and Salvador's family after arriving in the United States. Please note the role that money/gold or the lack of money/gold played in each of these situations.

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