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...
1 cow

1 cow and 1 calf

A dog and 2 cows

2 cows and all their chickens
2 In "They gave us the land," the peasants are given:
A fertile river basin

The land surrounding Zapotlán

A swamp near Luvina

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

Grandmother’s leftover food

Milk from Felipa’s breast

Frogs
4 What is the name of the game Pedro Zamora loves to play in “The burning plain"?
“Hangman”

“Bullfighting”

“Jumping the fence”

“Sitting ducks”
5 In “Anacleto Morones” the women who visit Lucatero carry
Scapularies

Bibles

Their children

Novenas
6 In “Tell them not to kill me!” why does Colonel Terreros want to kill Juvencio Nava?
Because he was a dangerous revolutionary

Because he killed the colonel’s father

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

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

The butt of a rifle

A revolver

A needle
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 dry terrain

The black wind

The razor sharp rocks

The deep crevasses
10 In “At daybreak” what does Old Esteban not remember?
What his name is

Whether or not he killed Don Justo

Whether or not he is married

Why he kicked the calf
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 fights them until he is killed

He pays them off with the stolen money
12 In “No dogs bark,” why can't the father hear the dogs barking?
His son’s thighs are blocking his ears

He is deaf

His son is holding his hands over his ears

The pain in his legs is too overwhelming and dulls his senses
13 What do the citizens of Luvina say about the government?
It has no mother

It eats up their children

It meddles too much in their business

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 is his daughter

That she killed Anacleto
15 What is the name of the girl Urbano Gómez fools around with in "Remember"?
Dead One

The Orphan

Stuck Up

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

Lucas Lucatero

The “Holy Child”

The “Holy One”
17 What is swallowed up by the land in “They gave us the land”?
A raindrop

A drop of blood

The water in Esteban’s canteen

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

A teacher who previously worked in Luvina

A teacher who never made it to Luvina

A teacher who died in Luvina
19 In “The burning plain” why does the main character “hang his head” at the end of the story?
His son is a “good person,” unlike him

All his friends are dead

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 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”?
Renata

Pancha

Tacha

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

Eating a shepherd's sheep

Killing a family in their sleep

Abandoning his son in the desert
23 In "The man," what does the pursuer blame himself for?
Sleeping while his uncles were hung

Not being home when his family was killed

Fighting the fugitive

Not leaving with the band of revolutionaries
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…
Natalia’s husband

Tanilo’s brother

Tanilo’s sister

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

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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