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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. On the day they are scheduled to blast the location where they located their gold, what does Victoriano forget and have to go back home to retrieve?
2. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?
3. Who is eloping with Maria?
4. When Lupe first sees Don Victor coming towards the village, what does she think he is?
5. What weapon does Dona Guadalupe give to her son after she frees him from being hanged?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?
2. What does Juan tell God when he is collecting firewood?
3. What is Espirito doing when he finds the gold? Where is the gold found?
4. In Chapter Eight, what has recently happened to Emilia?
5. What is the condition that the townspeople put on collecting the gold from the spring?
6. Why do Juan and Eduardo miss the train?
7. In Chapter Five, why does La Liebre want Dona Guadalupe's family captured and killed? Why doesn't this happen?
8. Under what circumstances does Guadalupe meet Don Victor and marry him?
9. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?
10. Why do the Mexican people seem to think highly of Colonel Maytorena?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define a protagonist and an antagonist and their roles in a piece of literary fiction. Please provide two examples of of protagonists in this story and state who their antagonist is, and what the situation/relationship of opposition is between the protagonist and the antagonist you choose.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the difference between major and minor characters, the purpose for each in a work of fiction, and provide three examples (if possible) for minor and major characters.
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