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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 the name of the attorney that Juan befriends?

2. What state is the priest in when Salvador goes to find him to formerly propose?

3. When the Mexicans demand better working conditions at the rock quarry, what do they get?

4. Who brings a barrel of whiskey to the reception?

5. Where is the barrel of whiskey located at the reception?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Juan agree to a life sentence in prison?

2. What news does Don Victor bring back from the lowlands regarding Sophia?

3. Where do Salvador and Lupe go off to and talk during their reception?

4. How do Archie and Domingo meet and become friends?

5. What role does Archie play at the wedding reception?

6. What are the circumstances in which Lupe first sees Juan, and what does she think of him?

7. How does Salvador react when a friend who refused to lend him money when he needed it stops by his house a few days before the wedding?

8. How does a bull horn and some mercury help Victoriano collect gold quicker?

9. What has Lupe told Salvador about marriage that Dona Margarita says is true?

10. What does Lupe tell her mother about her feelings for Mark and Salvador?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain what foreshadowing is in a literary work. Provide two examples that you believe show foreshadowing in the story "Rain of Gold". In your opinion, is foreshadowing a helpful literary technique? Why or why not?

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

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?

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