Latin American Writers A Literary Reader

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The Burning Plain
by Juan Rulfo

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	1.   In Roman Catholicism, a place, neither heaven nor hell, where souls repent for their sins is called ______.
	allegory purgatory	nirvana surrealism
	2.   If someone rules, he or she ______.
	insinuates embarks	feigns reigns
	3.   Dwelling on a particular subject or repeating the same idea is referred to as ______.
	harping snapping	posturing defaming
	4.   A _____ is a strainer-like device which separates fine materials from coarse ones.
	spatula grater	hinge sieve
	5.   _____ is used as an aromatic or a medicinal herb.
	Lint Lent	Mescal Camphor

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