The Burning Plain and Other Stories Quizzes

The Burning Plain and Other Stories Quiz 1

1 In "We're very poor," the narrator's family loses...
A dog and 2 cows

1 cow

2 cows and all their chickens

1 cow and 1 calf
2 In "They gave us the land," the peasants are given:
A fertile river basin

A swamp near Luvina

The land surrounding Zapotlán

The entire "Big plain"
3 In “Macario” the main character's favorite thing to eat is
Frogs

His own scabs

Milk from Felipa’s breast

Grandmother’s leftover food
4 What is the name of the game Pedro Zamora loves to play in “The burning plain"?
“Bullfighting”

“Jumping the fence”

“Sitting ducks”

“Hangman”
5 In “Anacleto Morones” the women who visit Lucatero carry
Novenas

Their children

Scapularies

Bibles
6 In “Tell them not to kill me!” why does Colonel Terreros want to kill Juvencio Nava?
Because he let his cows graze on Don Lupe’s land

Because he was a dangerous revolutionary

Because he killed the colonel’s father

Because he is guilty of abandoning his post
7 In “The Hill of the Comadres” the Remigio was killed with
A needle

The butt of a rifle

A machete

A revolver
8 What happened to Anacleto Morones?
He was killed by Pancha

He was canonized by the Congregation of Amula

He went to the North to start over after being released from jail

He was killed by Lucas Lucatero
9 The most remarkable natural element in Luvina is
The razor sharp rocks

The black wind

The dry terrain

The deep crevasses
10 In “At daybreak” what does Old Esteban not remember?
Whether or not he killed Don Justo

Whether or not he is married

Why he kicked the calf

What his name is
11 In “Remember,” what does Urbano do when the authorities catch up with him?
He offers to hang himself

He tells them the location of his revolutionary band

He pays them off with the stolen money

He fights them until he is killed
12 In “No dogs bark,” why can't the father hear the dogs barking?
The pain in his legs is too overwhelming and dulls his senses

He is deaf

His son is holding his hands over his ears

His son’s thighs are blocking his ears
13 What do the citizens of Luvina say about the government?
It has no mother

It meddles too much in their business

It eats up their children

It acts like a father
14 What does Pancha tell Lucatero at the end of “Anacleto Morones”?
That he is a worse lover than Anacleto

That she is his mother

That she killed Anacleto

That she is his daughter
15 What is the name of the girl Urbano Gómez fools around with in "Remember"?
Holy One

Dead One

The Orphan

Stuck Up
16 What is another name used for for the character Anacleto Morones?
The “Holy One”

The “Holy Child”

The “Dead One”

Lucas Lucatero
17 What is swallowed up by the land in “They gave us the land”?
The water in Esteban’s canteen

A raindrop

A drop of blood

A tear
18 Who is the narrator of "Luvina"?
A teacher on his way to Luvina

A teacher who died in Luvina

A teacher who never made it to Luvina

A teacher who previously worked in Luvina
19 In “The burning plain” why does the main character “hang his head” at the end of the story?
All his friends are dead

His son is a “good person,” unlike him

A lover he was fond of has left him

He is going to jail
20 What is the father in “We're very poor” worried that his daughter will become?
A farmhand like him

The lover of a revolutionary

A prostitute

A politician
21 What is the name of the narrator's sister in “We're very poor”?
Tacha

Pancha

La Serpentina

Renata
22 In "The man," what is the worst crime that the first fugitive has committed?
Laughing at a revolutionary joke

Killing a family in their sleep

Abandoning his son in the desert

Eating a shepherd's sheep
23 In "The man," what does the pursuer blame himself for?
Not leaving with the band of revolutionaries

Not being home when his family was killed

Sleeping while his uncles were hung

Fighting the fugitive
24 In “Paso del Norte” where is the narrator shot?
In his leg

In his home

In a river

In Ciudad Jáurez
25 In “Talpa” the narrator is…
Tanilo’s brother

Natalia’s husband

The leader of the group of pilgrims on the way to Talpa

Tanilo’s sister

What happens in line 59 that affects how you perceive the characters what new information is presented in lines 59 through 63

Please provide the text in question.

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What impression of the main character and his situation is created by the opening dialogue in which he begs his son to mediate?

From the first paragraph of the section titled, Tell Them Not To Kill Me, we can infer that Juvencio Nava is desperate. He is tied to a post and facing death. Based upon his son's response to his pleas for intervention, we can also infer that he...

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Significant literary devices

Which specific title are you referring to? What types of literary devices are you looking to identify?

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The Burning Plain and Other Stories

by Juan Rulfo

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