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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 1, "That Sunday...".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Norma devote herself?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Marrying wealthy.
(d) Her family.

2. What fills the streets?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) People.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Refuse.

3. Why do Prince Vampa, Charlotte Garcia, and Natasha hold the rest of the crowd in disdain?
(a) They are wealthier than anyone else at the party.
(b) They consider themselves the only true heirs of Mexico's noble traditions.
(c) They are rude and belligerent.
(d) They are kind and loving, ot which the others cannot make sense.

4. What does Norma realize after a flirtation with a young poet?
(a) She wants to stop flirting and settle down.
(b) She is in love with him and wants to marry him.
(c) She does not want to be trapped in a life of poverty with him.
(d) She has fallen in love with his poetry, not him.

5. What later fills her with contempt?
(a) The fact she left the sweet poet.
(b) The kiss she shares with the poet in a kitchen garden.
(c) Her marriage to Robles.
(d) The denial of her love for the poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the narrator now dealing?

2. What do the wedding guests do after the wedding?

3. What does she wisely recognize about her looks?

4. What does Robles say is the challenge of the era?

5. What has Gabriel forgotten when giving his mother a food processor?

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