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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 do the poor Mexicans think highly of Colonel Maytorena?

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

3. In Chapter 12, who does the reader learn has fallen in love with Socorro?

4. Where does Guadalupe work when her husband leaves her?

5. What is the name of the town midwife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Espirito doing when he finds the gold? Where is the gold found?

2. What are Don Pio Castro and his brothers looking for when they set out from Mexico City?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Guadalupe come to live with Leonides Camargo?

8. What is the condition that the townspeople put on collecting the gold from the spring?

9. What is Lupe supposed to give her teacher on the first day of school?

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

Please define the two major reasons that so many Mexican residents, such as Lupe and her family, immigrated to the United States during the early 1900s. Please provide examples from the story. What are those who left Mexico for the U.S. looking for upon arriving in America? What do they find?

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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