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Character and Theme in "Gentleman of Rio en Medio" Answers

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Which is a theme in Gentleman of Río en Medio?

A
Money is most important.
B
Moving fast is most important.
C
Community is most important.
D
Rules are most important.
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The narrator determines

A
what will take place in a story.
B
what the reader will like in a story.
C
how many characters will be in a story.
D
how a reader will see everything in a story.
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Which best states how the actions of the narrator and his American clients help to reveal a theme in Gentleman of Río en Medio?

A
They tell Don Anselmo that he must accept all of the money that they have decided to pay him for his land.
B
They ask Don Anselmo to tell the children in his village to stop playing among the trees in the orchard.
C
They buy the trees from Don Anselmo’s descendents even though they already own the trees according to the law.
D
They make a deal with Don Anselmo to buy his house and his land for a sum of twelve hundred dollars.
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Read the words of Don Anselmo in Gentleman of Río en Medio"The trees in that orchard are not mine, Señor, they belong to the children of the village. Every person in Río en Medio born since the railroad came to Santa Fe owns a tree in that orchard. I did not sell the trees because I could not. They are not mine."How does Don Anselmo’s sale of his land, but not the trees on that land, help reveal a theme in the story?

A
Don Anselmo’s action allows him to make more money on his land than the Americans want to pay.
B
Don Anselmo’s action allows him to keep possession of the orchard on the property he sold.
C
Don Anselmo’s action allows him to continue to plant trees on the land he sold to the Americans.
D
Don Anselmo’s action allows him to ensure that his entire community prospers from the sale of his land.
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What new information could be learned if Gentleman of Río en Medio were told from a different character’s point of view?

A
what the narrator looks like
B
the narrator’s thoughts and feelings
C
what the narrator says
D
the narrator’s form of employment
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Which is a theme in Gentleman of Río en Medio?

A
People are only responsible for taking care of themselves.
B
The value of money is understood in the same way by all people.
C
The well-being of the community is more important than personal gain.
D
People who get things done quickly achieve more success in life.
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The narrator affects the reader’s point of view by

A
writing the words that make up the story.
B
deciding what will happen in the story.
C
describing the people and events in the story.
D
making up the characters that appear in the story.
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What new information could the reader learn if Gentleman of Río en Medio were told from Don Anselmo’s point of view?

A
what Don Anselmo looks like
B
Don Anselmo’s thoughts and feelings
C
what Don Anselmo says to the narrator
D
Don Anselmo’s position in his family

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