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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 does Dona Guadalupe want to do with her share of the gold that they have found?
2. Where does Lupe go to school?
3. What job does Dona Margarita get so that she can feed her family?
4. Which of Dona Guadalupe's daughters does Don Tiburcio seek to marry?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the teacher's salary in the little village and what action do the townspeople take when they find out?
2. Under what circumstances does Guadalupe meet Don Victor and marry him?
3. Why does Socorro leave to go to the lowlands, and what is Victoriano's response?
4. Why do the Mexican people seem to think highly of Colonel Maytorena?
5. What is the setting like when Socorro is giving birth?
6. What is Espirito doing when he finds the gold? Where is the gold found?
7. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?
8. How does Guadalupe come to live with Leonides Camargo?
9. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?
10. In Chapter Eight, what has recently happened to Emilia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Please define conflict in a literary work. What are the four types of conflict studied in class? Please define these conflicts and provide examples of two of them as evident in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Please define what a plot twist is in a novel. Provide one main example of a plot twist that can be found in this story, and how it changed the direction of the plot.
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