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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 Don Victor's job when he meets Guadalupe?

2. How long does Don Victor believe it will take his family to gather enough gold to buy their way to the U.S.?

3. Why are the train passengers put off the train and forced to camp while the train leaves?

4. What is the name of the town midwife?

5. Who is having trouble keeping the secret that they have discovered gold?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has Victoriano done to upset La Liebre?

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

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

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

7. Why are Juan and his family heading north to El Paso?

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

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

10. What does the midwife tell Lupe about pain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is narrative mode? Please describe the three main types of narrative mode. What narrative mode(s) are used in "Rain of Gold? Please provide an example of this narrative mode.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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