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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The novel opens with:
(a) a conversation between Cruz and his daughter
(b) Mr. Cruz sitting in a cafe
(c) Mr. Cruz regaining consciousness in a hospital
(d) a conversation held in a car

2. At every town they entered, the General would do all but:
(a) behead the land owners
(b) institute an eight hour workday
(c) distribute land to the peasants
(d) rescind loans

3. What do Catalina and Teresa find out about Artemio's will?
(a) they can't find the will
(b) there is no will
(c) he left everything to Artemio
(d) they are not mentioned in the will

4. What does Artemio think of Catalina?
(a) she loves him
(b) he wants her to talk to him
(c) he loves her
(d) she would have divorced him if he hadn't had money

5. In regards to Gonzalo, Artemio tells Catalina that Gonazlo:
(a) killed himself
(b) was a coward
(c) wanted to be a martyr
(d) died of malaria

6. When Cruz is waking up, he is aware of feeling:
(a) nausea
(b) pain in his head
(c) pain in his arm
(d) a dull, tingling sensation

7. After leaving the dress shop, the women purchase:
(a) bubble bath
(b) purses
(c) lipstick the color of red taffeta
(d) shoes

8. Cruz lies there thinking about:
(a) his family
(b) his horse
(c) his mother
(d) various business dealings

9. Where was Cruz's unit going?
(a) Mexico City
(b) Hermosillo
(c) Sonora
(d) Sinaloa

10. As Artemio moves around with the General, Regina:
(a) moves from town to town to be with him
(b) stays with her mother
(c) travels to Mexico City
(d) remains in the North

11. Artemio describes his wife and daughter as:
(a) the loves of his life
(b) that unattractive humanity
(c) his support systems
(d) a burden

12. When the revolutionaries charge, Cruz:
(a) panics
(b) is injured
(c) hides
(d) stays behind

13. Artemio tells Catalina that he:
(a) wants a divorce
(b) despises her
(c) has always loved her
(d) wants a change in their relationship

14. Artemio Cruz goes to visit:
(a) Ramon
(b) Don Gamaliel Bernal
(c) Teresa
(d) Padilla

15. At this time Artemio Cruz is a:
(a) lieutenant colonel
(b) colonel
(c) major
(d) lieutenant

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Cruz ask to see:

2. What didn't Cruz notice that morning when he dressed?

3. Catalina and Don Gamaliel had agreed that:

4. What happens to the wounded man Artemio tries to help?

5. Don Gamaliel tells his daughter to:

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