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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 are the animals howling and calling out while Socorro is giving birth?

2. Who is Epitacio?

3. What is Don Tiburcio's dying request to his wife?

4. Who misses the train to America with Juan?

5. Who has convinced Maria that she should elope?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose does setting have in a literary work? What are some ways or means though which setting is established in this novel? Please provide three examples of settings that can be found in this story.

Essay Topic 2

Please compare and contrast Lupe's relationship with Mark, and Lupe's relationship with Salvador. What are her initial feelings toward both men? Do her feelings for the men change as she spends more time with them? If so, how do her feelings change?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is used in this story. Please provide on example of how the author attempted to use symbolism in this story. Do you think that the author's attempts at symbolism are successful? Why or why not?

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