The Burning Plain and Other Stories Quizzes

The Burning Plain and Other Stories Quiz 1

By Pablo Cortes · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed October 30, 2008

1 In "We're very poor," the narrator's family loses...

2 cows and all their chickens

1 cow and 1 calf

A dog and 2 cows

1 cow
2 In "They gave us the land," the peasants are given:

The entire "Big plain"

A swamp near Luvina

The land surrounding Zapotlán

A fertile river basin
3 In “Macario” the main character's favorite thing to eat is

Milk from Felipa’s breast

His own scabs

Frogs

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

“Bullfighting”

“Hangman”

“Sitting ducks”

“Jumping the fence”
5 In “Anacleto Morones” the women who visit Lucatero carry

Bibles

Scapularies

Their children

Novenas
6 In “Tell them not to kill me!” why does Colonel Terreros want to kill Juvencio Nava?

Because he killed the colonel’s father

Because he let his cows graze on Don Lupe’s land

Because he was a dangerous revolutionary

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

A machete

A needle

A revolver

The butt of a rifle
8 What happened to Anacleto Morones?

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

He was canonized by the Congregation of Amula

He was killed by Pancha

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

The dry terrain

The deep crevasses

The razor sharp rocks

The black wind
10 In “At daybreak” what does Old Esteban not remember?

Why he kicked the calf

Whether or not he killed Don Justo

Whether or not he is married

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

He fights them until he is killed

He tells them the location of his revolutionary band

He offers to hang himself

He pays them off with the stolen money
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 acts like a father

It has no mother

It eats up their children

It meddles too much in their business
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"?

Stuck Up

The Orphan

Dead One

Holy One
16 What is another name used for for the character Anacleto Morones?

The “Holy Child”

The “Dead One”

The “Holy One”

Lucas Lucatero
17 What is swallowed up by the land in “They gave us the land”?

A drop of blood

The water in Esteban’s canteen

A tear

A raindrop
18 Who is the narrator of "Luvina"?

A teacher who never made it to Luvina

A teacher who previously worked in Luvina

A teacher who died in Luvina

A teacher on his way to Luvina
19 In “The burning plain” why does the main character “hang his head” at the end of the story?

He is going to jail

His son is a “good person,” unlike him

All his friends are dead

A lover he was fond of has left him
20 What is the father in “We're very poor” worried that his daughter will become?

A prostitute

A politician

A farmhand like him

The lover of a revolutionary
21 What is the name of the narrator's sister in “We're very poor”?

Tacha

Renata

La Serpentina

Pancha
22 In "The man," what is the worst crime that the first fugitive has committed?

Abandoning his son in the desert

Laughing at a revolutionary joke

Eating a shepherd's sheep

Killing a family in their sleep
23 In "The man," what does the pursuer blame himself for?

Not leaving with the band of revolutionaries

Sleeping while his uncles were hung

Fighting the fugitive

Not being home when his family was killed
24 In “Paso del Norte” where is the narrator shot?

In a river

In Ciudad Jáurez

In his leg

In his home
25 In “Talpa” the narrator is…

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

Natalia’s husband

Tanilo’s brother

Tanilo’s sister

Essays for The Burning Plain and Other Stories

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