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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. What is Espirito searching for in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Don Juan?

3. What job does Dona Margarita get so that she can feed her family?

4. Which powerful person is killed by Victoriano?

5. What do Epitacio and Juan see across the Rio Grande?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Juan tell God when he is collecting firewood?

6. What happens to the teacher's salary in the little village and what action do the townspeople take when they find out?

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

8. What events lead to the death of Don Tiburcio?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please provide a brief summary and history of Prohibition in the United States. What role does Prohibition play in this novel and which character(s) is most directly affected by Prohibition?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The lack of women's rights can be seen through the strike in chapter 19, section 5. Please explain why this is a good example of the lack of women's rights, what was done in response to that lack of rights, and what the outcome of the situation was. Do you agree or disagree with the way this matter is handled?

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